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Status published
High
CVE-2016-1297
The Device Manager GUI in Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE)...
Vulnerability Description
The Device Manager GUI in Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) 4710 A5 before A5(3.1) allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended RBAC restrictions and execute arbitrary CLI commands with admin privileges via an unspecified parameter in a POST request, aka Bug ID CSCul84801.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
cisco
View all reports →Affected Software
application control engine software
Vulnerable Versions:
a5\(1.0\), a5\(1.1\), a5\(1.2\), a5\(2.0\), a5\(2.1\), a5\(2.1e\), a5\(3.0\)
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 26th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.