Prime InfrastructureApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1442
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe administrative web interface in Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) before 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted field values, aka Bug ID CSCuy96280.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCommand injection vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure's administrative web interface allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by submitting specially crafted field values.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Prime InfrastructureApplication
= 3.0= 3.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed productConfirm the system is running Cisco Prime Infrastructure by checking the product name in the web interface login page, support documentation, or installed software inventoryAffected if The product is not Cisco Prime Infrastructure (the CVE does not apply)
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Check the Cisco Prime Infrastructure versionLocate the version number in the administrative web interface (typically under Help > About or in the system dashboard), or check the installed packages/ISO file used for installationAffected if The installed version is exactly 3.0 or exactly 3.1 (these are the affected versions per the CVE)
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Verify administrative web interface accessibilityConfirm the Cisco Prime Infrastructure administrative web interface (HTTPS/HTTP port typically 443 or 8080) is accessible and enabled on the target systemAffected if The administrative web interface is exposed and reachable (this is the attack surface required for the vulnerability)
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Confirm authentication to the administrative interfaceCheck whether any user accounts exist with access to the administrative web interface, or review access logs for administrative authentication attemptsAffected if The administrative interface is accessible with valid credentials (the CVE requires an authenticated user to exploit the command injection)
A system is affected if it is running Cisco Prime Infrastructure version 3.0 or 3.1 with the administrative web interface accessible to authenticated users, since the vulnerability exists in the administrative web interface itself.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Cisco Prime Infrastructure to version 3.1.1 or later, or apply Cisco's relevant security patches.
Fix this in Prime Infrastructure
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-1442 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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