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CVE-2021-1488

A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted upgrade package file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying OS.

Published

2021-04-29T18:15:09.273

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:44:28.050

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-77
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-78
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cisco firepower_threat_defense < 6.6.4 Yes
Application cisco firepower_threat_defense < 6.7.0.2 Yes
Operating System cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software < 9.13.1.21 Yes
Operating System cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software < 9.14.2.13 Yes
Operating System cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software < 9.15.1.10 Yes
Hardware cisco firepower_1010 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_1120 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_1140 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_1150 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_2110 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_2120 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_2130 - No
Hardware cisco firepower_2140 - No
References