Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
CVE-2019-1709
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting commands into arguments for a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. 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 administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, 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
- 6.0 (v3.0)
- Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2019-05-03
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center6.3.0
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.