CVE-2016-6420

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Published 2016-10-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 4.10.3 through 5.4.0 in Firepower Management Center allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization checks and gain privileges via a crafted HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCur25467.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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-20160928-fmc1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ciscofiresight_system_software4.10.3
ciscofiresight_system_software5.2.0
ciscofiresight_system_software5.3.0
ciscofiresight_system_software5.3.1
ciscofiresight_system_software5.4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200 CWE-264

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