Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6412

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.

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./Cisco iOS2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(1\)t1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(1\)t1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 15.6(1)T1
Cisco Systems, Inc./Application-hosting Frameworkllm-create
Cisco Systems, Inc./iOS Xellm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-caf1nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93088nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036874nvd

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