CVE-2022-20759

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-20759
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-05-03 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the web services interface for remote access VPN features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged, remote attacker to elevate privileges to level 15. This vulnerability is due to improper separation of authentication and authorization scopes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS messages to the web services interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain privilege level 15 access to the web management interface of the device. This includes privilege level 15 access to the device using management tools like the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) or the Cisco Security Manager (CSM). Note: With Cisco FTD Software, the impact is lower than the CVSS score suggests because the affected web management interface allows for read access only.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220427 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
Security issue in Cisco ASA authentication · Advisory · orangecertcc/security-research · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317172 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Web Services Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye)
  • 317173 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software Web Services Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye)
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