CVE-2022-20743CWE-434

Cisco Firepower Management Center File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability

Medium · published May 3, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass security protections and upload malicious files to the affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of files uploaded to the web management interface of Cisco FMC Software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a maliciously crafted file to a device running affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious files on the device, which they could access later to conduct additional attacks, including executing arbitrary code on the affected device with root privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03959 · 90.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2022-05-03T03:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 MAY 03:15Z
    Cisco Firepower Management Center File Upload Security Bypass Vulnerability
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