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CVE-2020-3550

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl
8.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the sfmgr daemon of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform directory traversal and access directories outside the restricted path. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a relative path in specific sfmgr commands. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an sftunnel-connected peer device.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available
firepower threat defenseNVD
Affected:>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.10Fixed in:6.4.0.10CVE-2020-3550derived from NVD
secure firewall management centerNVD
Affected:>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.10Fixed in:6.4.0.10CVE-2020-3550derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-26.