What is CVE-2020-3459?

CVE-2020-3459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos), classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-3459?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos)

CVE-2020-3459

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands suppl…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3459?: CVE-2020-3459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos), classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-3459?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.