Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection (cisco-sa-ftd-cmdinj-vWY5wqZT)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149371

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco FTD Software is affected by a software command injection vulnerability.
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device that is running in multi-instance mode. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvt74832, CSCvv78677

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149371

File Name: cisco-sa-ftd-cmdinj-vWY5wqZT-ftd.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/11/2021

Updated: 3/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1448

CWE: 20

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ftd-cmdinj-vWY5wqZT

IAVA: 2021-A-0205-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvt74832, CSCvv78677

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