CVE-2019-12701
MEDIUMCisco Secure Firewall Management Center - Unauthenticated Policy Bypass via Crafted HTTP Request
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the file and malware inspection feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the file and malware inspection policies on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates incoming traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the file and malware inspection policies and send malicious traffic through the affected device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191002-fire-bypass
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0149
EPSS Percentile
71.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center
cisco/vdb_fingerprint_database
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Published
Oct 02, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026