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CVE-2016-6396

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco Firepower Management Center before 6.1 and FireSIGHT System Software before 6.1, when certain malware blocking options are enabled, allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via crafted fields in HTTP headers, aka Bug ID CSCuz44482.

Affected products

• Cisco FireSIGHT System Software: 5.1.0, 5.1.0.1, 5.1.0.2, 5.1.0.3, 5.1.1, 5.1.1.1 (+46)

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160907-fsss1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92826
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036756
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160907-fsss1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92826
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036756

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