Improper access control in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2019-12627
Published: August 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20362
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12627
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient application identification in the application policy configuration. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted traffic, bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized read access to the application.
Affected software
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12627
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - update to 6.4.0.4