CVE-2019-12699 HIGH

CVE-2019-12699: Cisco FXOS Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerabilities

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS)
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published October 2, 2019
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by including crafted arguments to specific CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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