vulnerability

Cisco FTD: CVE-2019-12694: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 2, 2019
Added
Jan 29, 2025
Modified
Jul 3, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in the command line interface (CLI) of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific CLI command that includes crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges.

Solution

cisco-ftd-upgrade-latest
Title
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