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CVE-2019-12688
published 2019-10-02

CVE-2019-12688: A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an…

PriorityP260high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
3.39%
87.4th percentile
A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the affected device.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center>= unspecified < n/an/a
ciscofirepower_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Vulnerability is exploited via crafted input sent to the Cisco FMC web UI by an authenticated remote attacker; monitor FMC web UI traffic for anomalous or malformed input submissions from authenticated sessions
  • Cisco internal bug IDs CSCvf87540 and CSCvg04183 are associated with this vulnerability and can be used to cross-reference patch and advisory tracking
  • ·Exploitation requires an authenticated session; attack surface is limited to users with valid credentials to the FMC web UI, but post-authentication RCE makes privilege escalation or lateral movement a significant risk
  • ·There are no workarounds available; patching via Cisco software updates is the only remediation path

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_cisco8.8HIGH
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