CVE-2019-12690 HIGH

CVE-2019-12690: Cisco Firepower Management Center Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Management Center
Weakness CWE-78
Published October 2, 2019
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with the privileges of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web UI. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with full root privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 2, 2019 CVE published
November 20, 2024 Record updated