6.7mediumMedium
CVE-2021-1488
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted upgrade package file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying OS.
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-77
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-04-29
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.5.0 - 6.6.4, 6.7.0 - 6.7.0.2
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software9.13 - 9.13.1.21, 9.14 - 9.14.2.13, 9.15 - 9.15.1.10
- 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
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.