CVE-2016-6434
Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 has hardcoded database credentials, which allows local...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6434- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6434- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7357 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7357- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-888q-c9pw-cm4h
Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 has hardcoded database credentials, which allows local...
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.
- Record
GHSA-888q-c9pw-cm4h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console 6.0.1 - Hard-Coded MySQL Credentials | 2016-10-05 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6434 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published October 6, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1
korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-005.txt
blog.korelogic.com/blog/2016/10/10/virtual_appliance_spelunking
securityfocus.com/bid/93412
exploit-db.com/exploits/40465
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6434
github.com/advisories/GHSA-888q-c9pw-cm4h