CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-1126

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-01-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-01-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-256, CWE-522, CWE-732

Description

A vulnerability in the storage of proxy server credentials of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view credentials for a configured proxy server. The vulnerability is due to clear-text storage and weak permissions of related configuration files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of the affected software and viewing the contents of the affected files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view the credentials that are used to access the proxy server.

Affected configurations

• cisco secure firewall management center (< 6.7.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References