Check Point Advisories

Cisco Firepower Management Center Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2016-6435)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1032
Date Published:	20 Dec 2020
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 20 December, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-6435
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco firepower management center 6.0.1
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability exists in Cisco Firepower Management Center. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to damage users system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Firepower Management Center Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2016-6435) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Firepower Management Center Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2016-6435)