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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions unspecified
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191002… (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.