Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-ftd-mgmt-privesc-7GqR2th)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170015

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

A vulnerability in the management web server of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with high privileges to execute configuration commands on an affected system.
This vulnerability exists because access to HTTPS endpoints is not properly restricted on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific messages to the affected HTTPS handler. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform configuration changes on the affected system, which should be configured and managed only through Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwb52401

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170015

File Name: cisco-sa-ftd-mgmt-privesc-7GqR2th.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/13/2023

Updated: 1/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20949

CWE: 266

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ftd-mgmt-privesc-7GqR2th

IAVA: 2022-A-0486

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwb52401

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