A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.1.0 (including) | 6.1.0.7 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.2.0 (including) | 6.2.0.6 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.2.2 (including) | 6.2.2.5 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.2.3 (including) | 6.2.3.18 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.3.0 (including) | 6.3.0.5 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.4.0 (including) | 6.4.0.15 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.5.0 (including) | 6.5.0.5 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.7.0 (including) | 6.7.0.3 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.0.0 (including) | 7.0.4 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.2.1 (including) | 6.2.1 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.0 (including) | 6.6.0 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.0.1 (including) | 6.6.0.1 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.1 (including) | 6.6.1 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.3 (including) | 6.6.3 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.4 (including) | 6.6.4 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.5 (including) | 6.6.5 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.5.1 (including) | 6.6.5.1 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.5.2 (including) | 6.6.5.2 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 6.6.7 (including) | 6.6.7 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.1.0.0 (including) | 7.1.0.0 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.1.0.1 (including) | 7.1.0.1 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.1.0.2 (including) | 7.1.0.2 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.2.0 (including) | 7.2.0 (including) |
Firepower_threat_defense | Cisco | 7.2.0.1 (including) | 7.2.0.1 (including) |
Command injection vulnerabilities typically occur when:
Many protocols and products have their own custom command language. While OS or shell command strings are frequently discovered and targeted, developers may not realize that these other command languages might also be vulnerable to attacks. Command injection is a common problem with wrapper programs.