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CVE-2021-1488

CVE information

Published

2 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.7/10
Exploit Score
0.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
6.5.0 6.6.4
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
6.7.0 6.7.0.2
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.13 9.13.1.21
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.14 9.14.2.13
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.15 9.15.1.10
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1140:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1150:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2110:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2130:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2140:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
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