CVE-2016-6412

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Published 2016-09-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The Cisco Application-hosting Framework (CAF) component in Cisco IOS 15.6(1)T1 and IOS XE, when the IOx feature set is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger arbitrary downloads via crafted HTTP headers, aka Bug ID CSCuz84773.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-caf1

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-caf1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93088
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036874
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-caf1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93088
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036874

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.