CVE-2020-3564
MEDIUMCisco ASA & FTD FTP Inspection Bypass via Flow Tracking
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the FTP inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass FTP inspection. The vulnerability is due to ineffective flow tracking of FTP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted FTP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass FTP inspection and successfully complete FTP connections.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ftpbypass-HY3UTxYu
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0131
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-284
CWE-436
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance
< 9.6
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
9.8.0 - 9.8.4.26
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
< 6.3.0.6
Published
Oct 21, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026