Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Interface Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161182

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

A vulnerability in the web services interface for remote access VPN features of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged, remote attacker to elevate privileges to level 15.

This vulnerability is due to improper separation of authentication and authorization scopes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS messages to the web services interface of an affected device.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvz92016

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f748ef1

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74836

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvz92016

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161182

File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye-ftd.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/13/2022

Updated: 10/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20759

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20759

CWE: 266

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye

IAVA: 2022-A-0185-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvz92016