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CVE-2016-6445

A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) service of the Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano S…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known

A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) service of the Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to masquerade as a legitimate user. This vulnerability is due to the XMPP service incorrectly processing a deprecated authentication scheme. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access the system as another user.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD2.06.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161012-msc · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037000 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93517 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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