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CRITICAL
CVE-2019-16028
Cisco Firepower Management Center LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication responses from an external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 23, 2020, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 26, 2024, 4:09 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16028 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco firepower_management_center
2 Cisco secure_firewall_management_center
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-16028.

URL Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-fmc-auth Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-fmc-auth Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-16028 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16028 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.4.0 from (excluding) 6.4.0.7 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.4.0 from (excluding) 6.4.0.7
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.5.0 from (excluding) 6.5.0.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.5.0 from (excluding) 6.5.0.2
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 6.2.3.16 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 6.2.3.16
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.3.0 from (excluding) 6.3.0.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.3.0 from (excluding) 6.3.0.6
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-fmc-auth
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-fmc-auth No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-fmc-auth Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.2.3.16 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.3.0 up to (excluding) 6.3.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.4.0 up to (excluding) 6.4.0.7 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.5.0 up to (excluding) 6.5.0.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-16028 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} -0.07%

score

0.53379

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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