Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2024-20370

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99322

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20370

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure storage and permissions within certain system configurations and executable files, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - addressed in versions 7.2.9, 7.4.2, 7.4.2.1, 7.6.0, 9.17.1.45, 9.18.4.24, 9.18.4.29, 9.18.4.34, 9.18.4.40, 9.18.4.47, 9.19.1.31, 9.19.1.37, 9.20.2.21, 9.20.2.22, 9.20.3, 9.20.3.4, 9.20.3.7, 9.22.1.1
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - addressed in versions 7.2.9, 7.4.2, 7.4.2.1, 7.6.0, 9.17.1.45, 9.18.4.24, 9.18.4.29, 9.18.4.34, 9.18.4.40, 9.18.4.47, 9.19.1.31, 9.19.1.37, 9.20.2.21, 9.20.2.22, 9.20.3, 9.20.3.4, 9.20.3.7, 9.22.1.1

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ftd-priv-esc-hBS9gnwq

• Privilege escalation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software