Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-1448Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20210428 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO