CVE-2016-1458

high

Published 2016-08-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

9.0

VIR risk

8.8

Description

The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.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 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.x before 5.3.1.2, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to increase user-account privileges via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCur25483.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-firepower

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cisco	secure_firewall_management_center	`4.10.3`
cisco	secure_firewall_management_center	`5.2.0`
cisco	secure_firewall_management_center	`5.3.0`
cisco	secure_firewall_management_center	`5.3.1`
cisco	secure_firewall_management_center	`5.4.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.