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Cisco FTD: CVE-2020-3309: Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-Box Software Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 6, 2020
Added
Jan 29, 2025
Modified
Jul 3, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.

Solution

cisco-ftd-upgrade-latest
Title
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