CVE-2021-1488

MEDIUM

Cisco ASA/Firepower Threat Defense OS Command Injection via Upgrade Package

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78 CWE-77
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.13 - 9.13.1.21
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.5.0 - 6.6.4
Published Apr 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026