Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1342
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe device login page in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center 5.3 through 6.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive software-version information by reading help files, aka Bug ID CSCuy36654.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Cisco FirePOWER Management Center login page exposes sensitive software version information through accessible help files. An unauthenticated remote attacker can retrieve version details by directly requesting help files on the login page, which aids in targeted reconnaissance for specific vulnerabilities affecting the identified version.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication
= 5.3.0.3= 5.3.1.3= 5.3.1.4= 5.3.1.5= 5.3.1.6= 5.3_base= 5.4.0= 5.4.1= 5.4.1.1= 5.4.1.2= 5.4.1.3= 5.4.1.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify login page accessibilityConfirm the Cisco FirePOWER Management Center login interface is reachable over HTTP/HTTPS from the network being assessedAffected if The login page is publicly accessible without authentication
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Locate help file endpointsIdentify help file paths by examining the login page source, links, or common help file locations (such as /help/ or /static/ directories)Affected if Help file URLs are discoverable on the login page
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Request help file directlySend an HTTP GET request to identified help file paths without authentication and examine the response headers and bodyAffected if The server returns help file content without access restrictions
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Extract version informationInspect the help file response for version strings (for example: 5.3.x, 5.4.x) or product identification detailsAffected if The response contains version numbers that match the affected versions (5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.3 through 5.4.1.4, or 5.3_base)
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Confirm affected version rangeCompare any discovered version numbers against the known affected versions: 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.3, 5.3.1.4, 5.3.1.5, 5.3.1.6, 5.3_base, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.1.1, 5.4.1.2, 5.4.1.3, or 5.4.1.4Affected if The exposed version matches any version in the affected list
The environment is affected if the Cisco FirePOWER Management Center login page is accessible and help files can be retrieved without authentication, exposing a version number that matches one of the listed affected versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict or disable public access to help files on the login page, or remove version information from help file responses. Consider implementing web application firewall rules to block direct access to help file paths.
Fix this in Secure Firewall Management Center
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-1342 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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