CVE-2019-1981
MEDIUMCisco Firepower Threat Defense/ASA/FMC Unauthenticated Filter Bypass via Obfuscated Payload
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the normalization functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA, and Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass filtering protections. The vulnerability is due to insufficient normalization of a text-based payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic that contains specifically obfuscated payloads through an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious payloads to protected systems that would otherwise be blocked.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190816-ftd-null
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0104
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
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
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (5)
cisco/firepower_services_software_for_asa
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center
2.9.15
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center
2.9.16
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center
2.9.12 - 2.9.12.15
Published
Nov 05, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026