CVE-2021-1448 HIGH

CVE-2021-1448: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published April 29, 2021
Last update November 8, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device that is running in multi-instance mode. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 29, 2021 CVE published
November 8, 2024 Record updated