CiscoCISCO-SA-20160817-FIREPOWERCisco Firepower Management Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
48.2%
A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500-X Series with FirePOWER Services could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts on the affected device.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the affected device. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts configured on the device.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that address this vulnerability are not available.
This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-firepower[“https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-firepower”]
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 4.10 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 5.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_management_center | 4.10.3 | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
48.2%