CVE-2016-6360
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA)...
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
- Record
CVE-2016-6360- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
- Record
CVE-2016-6360- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7283 No score
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7283- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wj9f-9jrq-c6wp
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA)...
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
- Record
GHSA-wj9f-9jrq-c6wp- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2016-6360 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cisco Email Security Appliance, published October 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.16%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.