What is CVE-2019-12690?

CVE-2019-12690 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-12690?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Firepower Management Center

CVE-2019-12690

A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with the privileges of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web UI. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with full root privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.035 (88.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions unspecified
Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12690?: CVE-2019-12690 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-12690?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.