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.
Published: 2021-04-29
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-6955 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.
History

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Firepower 1010 Firepower 1120 Firepower 1140 Firepower 1150 Firepower 2110 Firepower 2120 Firepower 2130 Firepower 2140 Firepower Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-08T23:23:11.668Z

Reserved: 2020-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-1488

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Updated: 2024-08-03T16:11:17.336Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-29T18:15:09.273

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:44:28.050

Link: CVE-2021-1488

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