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.

References