CVE-2016-6445

CRITICAL

Cisco Meeting Server <2.0.6 & Acano Server <1.8.18/1.9.x - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) service of the Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to masquerade as a legitimate user. This vulnerability is due to the XMPP service incorrectly processing a deprecated authentication scheme. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access the system as another user.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037000
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93517

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0251
EPSS Percentile 82.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (10)
cisco/meeting_server 1.8.15
cisco/meeting_server 1.8_base
cisco/meeting_server 1.9.0
cisco/meeting_server 1.9.2
cisco/meeting_server 2.0.0
cisco/meeting_server 2.0.1
cisco/meeting_server 2.0.3
cisco/meeting_server 2.0.4
cisco/meeting_server 2.0.5
n/a/Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6 Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6
Published Oct 27, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026