CVE-2021-34761CWE-668CWE-73

CVE-2021-34761

Medium · published October 27, 2021

CVSS v3.1
4.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges. The attacker must have administrative credentials on the device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user input for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device with administrative privileges and issuing a CLI command with crafted user parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00216 · 11.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-668 · Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere; CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2021-10-27T23:15Z
Affected products (16)
ProductVersionsFixed in
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_applianceall versions—
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.136.4.0.13
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.6.0, < 6.6.56.6.5
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.36.7.0.3
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.17.0.1
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
cisco/sourcefire_defense_centerall versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 18:55Z
    Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software CLI Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
    cvelistv5