6.7mediumMedium
CVE-2019-12694
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
A vulnerability in the command line interface (CLI) of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific CLI command that includes crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
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
- 2019-10-02
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.3.0.5, 6.4.0 - 6.4.0.4
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.