Code Injection in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2024-20485
Published: October 24, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99312
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20485
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of a specific file when it is read from system flash memory in the VPN web server. A local user can restore a specially crafted backup file on the affected device and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-20485
Install updates from vendor's website.