Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU66752

OS Command Injection in Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliances and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance - CVE-2022-20865

Published: August 24, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66752

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20865

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the CLI. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to a CLI command and execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges.

Affected software

Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliances
Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-20865

Install updates from vendor's website.

External References

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