CVE-2016-6394
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System...
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software through 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier, aka Bug ID CSCuz80503.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software through 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier, aka Bug ID CSCuz80503.
- Record
CVE-2016-6394- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software through 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier, aka Bug ID CSCuz80503.
- Record
CVE-2016-6394- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7317 No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software through 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier, aka Bug ID CSCuz80503.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7317- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqcc-hr56-mwvj
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System...
Session fixation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software through 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier, aka Bug ID CSCuz80503.
- Record
GHSA-gqcc-hr56-mwvj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6394 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Cisco Firesight System Software, published September 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.