THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1457
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1457

Secure Firewall Management Center vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.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 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCur25513.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Secure Firewall Management Center
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-08-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1457

  • Confirm whether Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1457.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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