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CVE-2016-6435
published 2016-10-06

CVE-2016-6435: 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…

PriorityP355medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
36.62%
98.3th percentile
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.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscofirepower_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/events/reports/view.cgi?download=1&files=../../../etc/passwd%00
path/events/reports/view.cgi
commanddownload=1&files=../../../etc/passwd%00
  • Detect HTTP GET requests to /events/reports/view.cgi containing directory traversal sequences (e.g., '../') in the 'files' parameter, especially combined with null-byte (%00) injection.
  • Monitor for HTTP responses with Content-Disposition: attachment and Content-Type: application/octet-stream from /events/reports/view.cgi, which may indicate successful file exfiltration.
  • Alert on authenticated web console requests where the 'files' parameter traverses outside the expected report directory (e.g., contains '..') targeting sensitive OS files.
  • Look for the CGISESSID cookie in requests to /events/reports/view.cgi with traversal payloads as an indicator of authenticated exploitation attempts.
  • ·The webserver runs as the 'www' user, limiting file read access — highly privileged files like /etc/shadow are NOT readable via this vulnerability.
  • ·Exploitation requires prior authentication to the Firepower Management Center web console; unauthenticated exploitation is not possible.
  • ·Affected version is Cisco Fire Linux OS 6.0.1 (build 37/build 1213); the vendor patch is available in version 6.1.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_cisco4.0MEDIUM
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