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CVE-2016-6415

Exposure of Sensitive Information — is CVE-2016-6415real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

High · CVSS 7.5EPSS 87.7%CISA KEVCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

The server IKEv1 implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6, IOS XE through 3.18S, IOS XR 4.3.x and 5.0.x through 5.2.x, and PIX before 7.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from device memory via a Security Association (SA) negotiation request, aka Bug IDs CSCvb29204 and CSCvb36055 or BENIGNCERTAIN.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 2) — CVSS base score 7.5

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Field notes & remediation

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    Field note · Diego RamírezCurated

    Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE contain insufficient condition checks in the part of the code that handles Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) security negotiation requests. contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) that could allow an attacker to retrieve memory contents. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to retrieve memory contents, which can lead to information disclosure. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2023-05-19) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~88%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Marco FerriCurated

    Required action for Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2023-06-09. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Same weaknessCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information.