6.7Medium
Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance
CVE-2021-34756
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance. 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 Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance, 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
- 6.7 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-10-27
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.3, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.4.0.11, 6.5.0, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.7.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.4.0 - 6.4.0.13, 6.6.0 - 6.6.5, 6.7.0 - 6.7.0.3, 7.0.0 - 7.0.1
- Cisco Sourcefire Defense Center6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.3, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.4.0.11, 6.5.0, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.7.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.