What is CVE-2016-1457?

CVE-2016-1457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-1457?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

CVE-2016-1457

The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on 5500-X devices with FirePOWER Services 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCur25513.

EPSS: 0.037 (88.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center — versions 4.10.3.9, 5.2.0, 5.3.0.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1457?: CVE-2016-1457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-1457?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.