CVE-2020-3458
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Multiple vulnerabilities in the secure boot process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for the Firepower 1000 Series and Firepower 2100 Series Appliances could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass the secure boot mechanism. The vulnerabilities are due to insufficient protections of the secure boot process. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by injecting code into specific files that are then referenced during the device boot process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to break the chain of trust and inject code into the boot process of the device, which would be executed at each boot and maintain persistence across reboots.
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-693
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2020-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software9.8.0 - 9.8.4.26, 9.9.0 - 9.9.2.80, 9.10.0 - 9.10.1.43, 9.12.0 - 9.12.4.3, 9.13.0 - 9.13.1.13, 9.14.0 - 9.14.1.15
- Cisco Firepower 1010all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1120all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1140all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1150all versions
- Cisco Firepower 2110all versions
- Cisco Firepower 2120all versions
- Cisco Firepower 2130all versions
- Cisco Firepower 2140all versions
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.2.2, 6.3.0 - 6.3.0.6, 6.4.0 - 6.4.0.10, 6.5.0 - 6.5.0.5, 6.6.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.