CVE-2021-1518CWE-94

Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-Box Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Medium · published July 22, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user input on specific REST API commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the API subsystem of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid low-privileged user credentials.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01867 · 79.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2021-07-22T15:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JUL 15:20Z
    Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-Box Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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