Session fixation in Cisco FireSIGHT - CVE-2016-6394

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Session fixation in Cisco FireSIGHT - CVE-2016-6394

Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: September 13, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU409
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6394
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco FireSIGHT

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to hijack the valid user's session.

The vulnerability exists due to web application uses previously generated session identifiers when the victim logs in to the application. A remote attacker can perform a session fixation attack and hijack target user's session.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in hijacking of valid user's browser session.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6394

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch, which addresses this vulnerability.


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