Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2022-20759

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Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2022-20759

Published: April 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62670
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20759
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper separation of authentication and authorization scopes in the web services interface for remote access VPN feature. A remote authenticated user can send specially crafted HTTP requests to gain privilege level 15 access to the web management interface of the device


How to mitigate CVE-2022-20759

Install updates from vendor's website.

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