Improper access control in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2020-3253
Published: May 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27585
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3253
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper configuration of the support tunnel feature. A local administrator can enable the support tunnel, set a key, derive the tunnel password and run any system command on an affected device.
Affected software
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3253
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - update to 6.5.0