What is CVE-2016-6434?

CVE-2016-6434 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-6434?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center

CVE-2016-6434

Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 has hardcoded database credentials, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging CLI access, aka Bug ID CSCva30370.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.004 (60.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center — versions 6.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

20161005 Cisco Firepower Management Center Console Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_MISC)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_MISC)
93412 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
40465 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6434?: CVE-2016-6434 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6434?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.