CVE-2021-1488
"Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Root Command Injection Vulnerability"
Description
A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted upgrade package file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying OS.
INFO
Published Date :
April 29, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:44 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
0.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-1488
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-1488 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-1488 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.
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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-asa-cmdinj-TKyQfDcU -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.15 from (excluding) 9.15.1.10 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.15 from (excluding) 9.15.1.10 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.14 from (excluding) 9.14.2.13 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.14 from (excluding) 9.14.2.13 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.13 from (excluding) 9.13.1.21 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.13 from (excluding) 9.13.1.21 -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE NIST CWE-78 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 09, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-cmdinj-TKyQfDcU No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-cmdinj-TKyQfDcU Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.13 up to (excluding) 9.13.1.21 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.14 up to (excluding) 9.14.2.13 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.15 up to (excluding) 9.15.1.10 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.5.0 up to (excluding) 6.6.4 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7.0 up to (excluding) 6.7.0.2 OR cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1140:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_1150:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2110:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2130:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_2140:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-1488 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-1488
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05784
percentile