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

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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
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20865
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliances
Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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