5.8mediumMedium
CVE-2019-1970
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol inspection engine of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured file policies on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to errors when handling specific SSL/TLS messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets that would flow through an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the configured file policies and deliver a malicious payload to the protected network.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.8 (v3.0)
- Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2019-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center6.3.0, 6.4.0
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.4.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.