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Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Path Traversal (cisco-sa-asaftd-path-JE3azWw43)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 136915
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
A vulnerability exists in the web services interface of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software due to a lack of proper input validation of the HTTP URL. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences, in order to view or delete arbitrary files on the targeted system within the web services file system.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in the Cisco Security AdvisorySee Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 136915
File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-path-JE3azWw43-ftd.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 5/27/2020
Updated: 3/31/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3187
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense, Host/Cisco/Firepower
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3187