CVE-2016-6460

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.55% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the FTP Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface (REST API) for Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass FTP malware detection rules and download malware over an FTP connection. Cisco Firepower System Software is affected when the device has a file policy with malware block configured for FTP connections. More Information: CSCuv36188 CSCuy91156. Known Affected Releases: 5.4.0.2 5.4.1.1 5.4.1.6 6.0.0 6.1.0 6.2.0. Known Fixed Releases: 6.0.0.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-254USprimary

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Cisco Firepower System Software 5.4.0.2 through 6.2.0≤ Cisco Firepower System Software 5.4.0.2 through 6.2.0enisa_euvdEU
cisco firesight system software= 5.4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco firesight system software= 5.4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco firesight system software= 5.4.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco firesight system software= 6.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco firesight system software= 6.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco firesight system software= 6.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-11-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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