CVE-2021-1488

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1488
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-29 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted upgrade package file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying OS.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance All All All All
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1010 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1150 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2110 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2130 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2140 - All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software for Firepower 1000 and 2100 Series Appliances Command Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 316972 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software for Firepower 1000 and 2100 Series Appliances Command Injection Vulnerability(cisco-sa-asa-cmdinj-TKyQfDcU)
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