CVE-2016-1394
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote...
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote attackers to obtain CLI access by leveraging knowledge of the password, aka Bug ID CSCuz56238.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote attackers to obtain CLI access by leveraging knowledge of the password, aka Bug ID CSCuz56238.
- Record
CVE-2016-1394- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-255, CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote attackers to obtain CLI access by leveraging knowledge of the password, aka Bug ID CSCuz56238.
- Record
CVE-2016-1394- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2493 No score
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote attackers to obtain CLI access by leveraging knowledge of the password, aka Bug ID CSCuz56238.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2493- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f85w-fjcq-h2fw
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote...
Cisco Firepower System Software 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 has a hardcoded account, which allows remote attackers to obtain CLI access by leveraging knowledge of the password, aka Bug ID CSCuz56238.
- Record
GHSA-f85w-fjcq-h2fw- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - 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-2016-1394 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Cisco Firesight System Software, published July 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.