CVE-2020-3550 HIGH

CVE-2020-3550: Cisco Firepower Management Center Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Management Center
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published October 21, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the sfmgr daemon of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform directory traversal and access directories outside the restricted path. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a relative path in specific sfmgr commands. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an sftunnel-connected peer device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 21, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated