---
id: 8175
title: "Cisco ASA Remote Code Execution – Verifying CVE-2016-1287"
cve: CVE-2016-1287
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/cisco-asa-remote-code-execution-verifying-cve-2016-1287/"
published_at: "2017-02-28T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["rce", "network-pentesting", "cisco-asa", "cve-2016-1287", "ike", "vulnerability-verification"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8175"
lang: en
---

# Cisco ASA Remote Code Execution – Verifying CVE-2016-1287

## Summary

Walks through verifying CVE-2016-1287, an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in Cisco ASA's IKE fragment reassembly, with a Python tool that distinguishes vulnerable from patched devices.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **CVE:** CVE-2016-1287
- **Published:** 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/cisco-asa-remote-code-execution-verifying-cve-2016-1287/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8175