7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-6434
Cisco Firepower Management Center Insecure Hardcoded Database Credentials
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 6, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 3, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6434 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco firepower_management_center
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6434 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40465/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-005.txt [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://blog.korelogic.com/blog/2016/10/10/virtual_appliance_spelunking [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93412 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1 No Types Assigned http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1 No Types Assigned http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.00%

score

0.44802

percentile

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