CVE-2020-3452

Description

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and read sensitive files on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of URLs in HTTP requests processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files within the web services file system on the targeted device. The web services file system is enabled when the affected device is configured with either WebVPN or AnyConnect features. This vulnerability cannot be used to obtain access to ASA or FTD system files or underlying operating system (OS) files.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

94.452

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Read-Only Path Traversal Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	NCM
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3452)	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706057	Security Update for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 99.17(1.69)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234