CVE-2016-1366
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000...
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices use weak permissions for system files, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (overwrite) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw75848.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices use weak permissions for system files, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (overwrite) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw75848.
- Record
CVE-2016-1366- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices use weak permissions for system files, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (overwrite) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw75848.
- Record
CVE-2016-1366- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2465 No score
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices use weak permissions for system files, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (overwrite) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw75848.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2465- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2mxp-83cx-hqmp
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000...
The SCP and SFTP modules in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.0 through 5.2.5 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices use weak permissions for system files, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (overwrite) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw75848.
- Record
GHSA-2mxp-83cx-hqmp- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1366 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Ios Xr, published March 24, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.38%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.