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CVE-2016-6434
Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 has hardcoded database credentials, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by…
High7.8Public exploitEPSS 0.98%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40465 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 37% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20161005 Cisco Firepower Management Center Console Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.korelogic.com/blog/2016/10/10/virtual_appliance_spelunking (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 93412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 40465 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-6434)Record last updated .