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CVE-2021-34762

Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal attack on an affected device. The attacker would require valid device credentials. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of the HTTPS URL by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTPS request that contains directory traversal character sequences to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on the device.

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, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
8.1 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-26
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2021-10-27
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance6.2.3, 6.4.0, 6.5.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.7.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.4.0.13, 6.5.0 - 6.6.5, 6.7.0 - 6.7.0.3, 7.0.0 - 7.0.1
  • Cisco Sourcefire Defense Center6.2.3, 6.4.0, 6.5.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 7.0.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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