7.8highHigh
CVE-2021-1448
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device that is running in multi-instance mode. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system 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 ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-04-29
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.4.0 - 6.4.0.10, 6.5.0 - 6.5.0.5, 6.6.0 - 6.6.1
- Cisco Firepower 4110all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4112all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4115all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4120all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4125all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4140all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4145all versions
- Cisco Firepower 4150all versions
- Cisco Firepower 9300all versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.