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CVE-2024-20485

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CVE-2024-20485

Published: Oct 23, 2024

Modified: Oct 26, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.0

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of a specific file when it is read from system flash memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device after the next reload of the device, which could alter system behavior. Because the injected code could persist across device reboots, Cisco has raised the Security Impact Rating (SIR) of this advisory from Medium to High.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

affected
9.8.1
affected
9.8.1.5
affected
9.8.1.7
affected
9.8.2
affected
9.8.2.8

+189 more versions

Cisco

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

affected
6.2.3
affected
6.2.3.1
affected
6.2.3.2
affected
6.2.3.3
affected
6.2.3.4

+85 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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