CVE-2016-6434

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 3.0
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.98%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 61
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console 6.0.1 - Hard-Coded MySQL Credentials (10/5/2016)

Affected technologies (1)

Cisco — Secure Firewall Management Center

CWEs

CWE-287

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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