CVE-2018-0453

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-0453
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-05 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Sourcefire tunnel control channel protocol in Cisco Firepower System Software running on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) sensors could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute specific CLI commands with root privileges on the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC), or through Cisco FMC on other Firepower sensors and devices that are controlled by the same Cisco FMC. To send the commands, the attacker must have root privileges for at least one affected sensor or the Cisco FMC. The vulnerability exists because the affected software performs insufficient checks for certain CLI commands, if the commands are executed via a Sourcefire tunnel connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with root privileges to a Firepower sensor or Cisco FMC, and then sending specific CLI commands to the Cisco FMC or through the Cisco FMC to another Firepower sensor via the Sourcefire tunnel connection. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify device configurations or delete files on the device that is running Cisco FMC Software or on any Firepower device that is managed by Cisco FMC.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 5.4.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 5.4.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2 All All All

References

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Cisco Firepower Management Center and Firepower System Software Sourcefire Tunnel Control Channel Command Execution Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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