CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-3459

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-10-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-78

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and 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.

Affected configurations

• cisco firepower extensible operating system (< 2.4.1.266) • cisco firepower extensible operating system (>= 2.6 < 2.6.1.204) • cisco firepower extensible operating system (>= 2.7 < 2.7.1.131) • cisco firepower extensible operating system (>= 2.8 < 2.8.1.125)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References