CVE-2016-6435

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The web console in Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted parameters, aka Bug ID CSCva30376.

Published: 2016-10-06 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-6435 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.62%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-6435

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
40464 exploit_db edb 2016-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6435

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 55.03% 36.62% -18.41%
2 2025-03-30 57.82% 55.03% -2.79%
3 2025-03-29 57.82%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-6435

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-6435

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-6435

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco secure_firewall_management_center 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-6435

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