Path Traversal in Cisco Firepower Management Center
CVE-2020-3550
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.022 (80.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions n/a
- Cisco Firepower_threat_defense — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1
- Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1
- Cisco Secure_firewall_threat_defense — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-3550?
- CVE-2020-3550 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-10-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-3550?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.