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Cisco FTD: CVE-2020-3253: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Shell Access Vulnerability

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Cisco FTD: CVE-2020-3253: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Shell Access Vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/06/2020
Created
02/07/2025
Added
01/29/2025
Modified
02/12/2025

Description

A vulnerability in the support tunnel feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access the shell of an affected device even though expert mode is disabled. The vulnerability is due to improper configuration of the support tunnel feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enabling the support tunnel, setting a key, and deriving the tunnel password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run any system command with root access on an affected device.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ftd-upgrade-latest

References

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