Cisco Firepower 9300 Firmware
CVE-2019-12699
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by including crafted arguments to specific CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cisco Firepower 9300 Firmware. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.9% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 57% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Firepower 9300 Firmware, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2019-10-02
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower 9300 Firmware2.4\(1.214\), 2.4\(1.216\), 2.4\(2.54\), r241
- Cisco Firepower 9300all versions
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.1.0, 6.2.0 - 6.2.3.14, 6.3.0 - 6.3.0.3
- Cisco Firepower 1000all versions
- Cisco Firepower 2100all versions
- Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System2.0 - 2.2.2.101, 2.3 - 2.3.1.155, 2.4 - 2.4.1.238
- Cisco Firepower 4100all versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.