Vulnerability · Published Apr 24, 2024 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2024-20358

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) restore functionality that is available in Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability exists because the contents of a backup file are improperly sanitized at restore time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.8.19.8.1.59.8.1.79.8.29.8.2.89.8.2.149.8.2.159.8.2.17
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 6.2.36.2.3.16.2.3.26.2.3.36.2.3.46.2.3.56.2.3.66.2.3.7

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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