A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allo…

published 2016-10-28 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7283

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.2%; EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.

Exploit prediction

2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

n/a Cisco AsyncOS through WSA10.0.0-000

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa3
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/93910
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1037120
vdb-entry
securitytracker.com /id/1037121
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-6360
NVD CVE-2016-6360

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Summary