vulnerability

Cisco FTD: CVE-2021-34761: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software CLI Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2021
Added
Jan 29, 2025
Modified
Jul 3, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges. The attacker must have administrative credentials on the device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user input for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device with administrative privileges and issuing a CLI command with crafted user parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.

Solution

cisco-ftd-upgrade-latest
Title
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