Improper access control in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2019-12627
Published: August 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20362
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12627
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12627
Install updates from vendor's website.