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CVE-2016-6397

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6397 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) Universal Media Services (UMS) releases 4.8(1) through 4.10(1). An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw in the interdevice communications interface to modify UMS configuration parameters, leading to system unavailability. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.8\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_interoperability_and_collaboration_system:4.8\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.8\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_interoperability_and_collaboration_system:4.8\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_interoperability_and_collaboration_system:4.9\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_interoperability_and_collaboration_system:4.9\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.10\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_interoperability_and_collaboration_system:4.10\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-ipics
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93913