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CVE-2021-1488
published 2021-04-29

CVE-2021-1488: A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an…

PriorityP432medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.26%
17.5th percentile
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.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software>= 9.13 < 9.13.1.219.13.1.21
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software>= 9.14 < 9.14.2.139.14.2.13
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software>= 9.15 < 9.15.1.109.15.1.10
ciscocisco_adaptive_security_appliance_software
ciscofirepower_threat_defense>= 6.5.0 < 6.6.46.6.4
ciscofirepower_threat_defense>= 6.7.0 < 6.7.0.26.7.0.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_cisco6.7MEDIUM
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