Connected Streaming AnalyticsApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1477
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 · uneditedCisco Connected Streaming Analytics 1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to discover a notification service password by reading administrative pages, aka Bug ID CSCuz92891.
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 confidenceCisco Connected Streaming Analytics 1.1.1 exposes a notification service password in cleartext on administrative web pages. Authenticated users with standard access can view these admin pages and retrieve the plaintext password for the notification service.
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
Connected Streaming AnalyticsApplication
= 1.1.1_baseCVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 Cisco Connected Streaming Analytics versionLocate the installed version of Cisco Connected Streaming Analytics in the system documentation, about page, or product interface. Confirm it is exactly version 1.1.1_base.Affected if The installed version is 1.1.1_base.
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Confirm web interface is enabled and accessibleCheck if the administrative web interface for Cisco Connected Streaming Analytics is running and accessible on the network.Affected if The web interface is accessible without additional network restrictions.
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Verify authentication is configuredDetermine whether user authentication is enabled for the web interface and note the available user accounts with standard access privileges.Affected if Standard user accounts exist and can authenticate to the web interface.
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Inspect admin pages for cleartext password exposureLog in with a standard user account and navigate to administrative web pages. Look for any page that displays notification service configuration, specifically checking whether passwords appear in plaintext rather than masked or redacted.Affected if Administrative pages display the notification service password in plaintext visible to authenticated standard users.
A user is affected if they are running Cisco Connected Streaming Analytics version 1.1.1_base with its web interface accessible, and authenticated standard users can view admin pages that expose the notification service password in cleartext.
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 administrative page access and implement proper credential handling: remove password display from UI, store credentials encrypted at rest, and use secure credential management practices.
Fix this in Connected Streaming Analytics
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- 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-2016-1477 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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