CVE-2016-9193: Cisco Firesight System Software

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the malicious file detection and blocking features of Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco FireSIGHT System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass malware detection mechanisms on an affected system. Affected Products: Cisco Firepower Management Center and FireSIGHT System Software are affected when they are configured to use a file policy that has the Block Malware action. More Information: CSCvb27494. Known Affected Releases: 6.0.1.1 6.1.0.

Affected products

• Cisco Firesight System Software: version 6.0.0 only; version 6.0.0.0 only; version 6.0.0.1 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 6.0.1.1 only; version 6.1.0 only
• Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center: version 6.0.0 only; version 6.0.0.0 only; version 6.0.0.1 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 6.0.1.1 only; version 6.1.0 only

Published 2016-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.