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CVE-2016-6366

Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.4.2.3 on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, ASA Services Module, ASA 1000V, ASAv, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, PIX, and FWSM devices allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted IPv…

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CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.8/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 8.8: +1.32
Fresh EPSS: 87.56%: +0.44

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 8 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Korben

Press · 06 Aug 2025, 07:00 · Shadow Brokers – The story of the mysterious group that hacked the NSA - Korben

Qualys

Press · 06 Sep 2020, 07:00 · Mystery Magic Bytes From The Equation Leak - Qualys

Security Affairs

Press · 19 Jan 2017, 08:00 · US-CERT – Warning, Shadow Brokers Hackers are offering an SMB Zero-Day exploit - Security Affairs

Security Affairs

Press · 05 Sep 2016, 07:00 · NSA EXTRABACON exploit still threatens tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes - Security Affairs

SecurityWeek

Press · 24 Aug 2016, 07:00 · Leaked Cisco ASA Exploit Adapted for Newer Versions - SecurityWeek

See all 8 source documents

Softpedia

Press · 23 Aug 2016, 07:00 · List of Equation Group Files Leaked by Shadow Brokers - Softpedia

Tripwire

Press · 18 Aug 2016, 07:00 · Cisco Confirms Two Exploits Found in Shadow Brokers' Data Dump - Tripwire

Cisco Blogs

Press · 17 Aug 2016, 07:00 · The Shadow Brokers EPICBANANA and EXTRABACON Exploits - Cisco Blogs

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.8 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #40258 2016-08-18

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 87.6%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:45.780366+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

17 Aug 2016, 07:00

Published

18 Aug 2016, 18:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

24 May 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

06 Aug 2025, 07:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories