VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-6460

high
Published 2016-11-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

A vulnerability in the FTP Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface (REST API) for Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass FTP malware detection rules and download malware over an FTP connection. Cisco Firepower System Software is affected when the device has a file policy with malware block configured for FTP connections. More Information: CSCuv36188 CSCuy91156. Known Affected Releases: 5.4.0.2 5.4.1.1 5.4.1.6 6.0.0 6.1.0 6.2.0. Known Fixed Releases: 6.0.0.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software5.4.0.2
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software5.4.1.1
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software5.4.1.6
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software6.0.0
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software6.1.0
cisco ciscofiresight_system_software6.2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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