Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2022 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2022-20743Cisco Firepower Management Center File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity unrestricted file upload in Cisco Firepower Management Center from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.0% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass security protections and upload malicious files to the affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of files uploaded to the web management interface of Cisco FMC Software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a maliciously crafted file to a device running affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious files on the device, which they could access later to conduct additional attacks, including executing arbitrary code on the affected device with root privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Management Center | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- 20220427 Cisco Firepower Management Center File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO