What is CVE-2016-6396?

CVE-2016-6396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-6396?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cisco Firesight System Software

CVE-2016-6396

Cisco Firepower Management Center before 6.1 and FireSIGHT System Software before 6.1, when certain malware blocking options are enabled, allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via crafted fields in HTTP headers, aka Bug ID CSCuz44482.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Firesight_system_software — versions 5.1.0, 5.1.0.1, 5.1.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6396?: CVE-2016-6396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-6396?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.