What is CVE-2016-6377?

CVE-2016-6377 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Media Origination System Suite, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-6377?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Media Origination System Suite

CVE-2016-6377

Media Origination System Suite Software 2.6 and earlier in Cisco Virtual Media Packager (VMP) allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and make arbitrary Platform and Applications Manager (PAM) API calls via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuz52110.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Media_origination_system_suite — versions 2.3\(1\), 2.3\(2\), 2.3\(6\)
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6377?: CVE-2016-6377 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Media Origination System Suite, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-6377?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.