CVE-2015-6357 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center (MC) versions 5.2 through 5.4.0.1, where the rule-update feature fails to properly validate the X.509 certificate of the support.sourcefire.com SSL server. This flaw enables a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof the legitimate server, deliver a malicious update package, and ultimately execute arbitrary code on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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