CVE-2021-1488

Description

A 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 Information

Base Score
6.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.07

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software for Firepower 1000 and 2100 Series Appliances Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareNCM
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software for Firepower 1000 and 2100 Series Appliances Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareNCM
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1488)NCM

Patch Details

Click to see the patches provided by ManageEngine for this CVE
Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706057Security Update for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 99.17(1.69)
PATCH-1706067Security Update for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Gibraltar-16.12.5

References

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