Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1457
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 web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on 5500-X devices with FirePOWER Services 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCur25513.
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 confidenceAuthenticated command injection vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Firepower Management Center and ASA 5500-X devices with FirePOWER Services. Remote attackers with valid credentials can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.
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
= 4.10.3.9= 5.2.0= 5.3.0.4= 5.3.1= 5.4.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Identify the Cisco product in useDetermine if the device is running Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) or ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services. Check the device model and software identifier via CLI: 'show version' or through the web interface header.Affected if Device is Cisco Firepower Management Center or ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services installed
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Check the installed software versionRun 'show version' on the device CLI or check the version displayed in the FMC web GUI (Help > About). Compare the version number to the affected list: 4.10.3.9, 5.2.0, 5.3.0.4, 5.3.1, or 5.4.0.Affected if Installed version exactly matches one of: 4.10.3.9, 5.2.0, 5.3.0.4, 5.3.1, or 5.4.0
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Verify if the web-based GUI is enabledCheck if the Firepower web GUI service is accessible on port 443 or 80. On FMC, confirm HTTP/HTTPS management access is enabled via the device management interface configuration.Affected if Web GUI interface is exposed and accepts HTTP/HTTPS connections
The environment is affected if the device is Cisco Firepower Management Center or ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services, the installed version is exactly 4.10.3.9, 5.2.0, 5.3.0.4, 5.3.1, or 5.4.0, and the web-based GUI is enabled and accessible.
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 dataApply Cisco software updates 5.3.1.2/5.4.0.1 or later per the advisory. Limit web GUI access to trusted users and networks until patched.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
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- Review / QA2.0 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-2016-1457 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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