CVE-2021-34761
MEDIUMCisco Firepower Threat Defense - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges. The attacker must have administrative credentials on the device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user input for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device with administrative privileges and issuing a CLI command with crafted user parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-file-write-SHVcmQVc
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-668
CWE-73
Status
published
Products (13)
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
6.2.3
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
6.4.0
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
6.6.1
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
6.7.0
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
7.0.0
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
7.1.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
6.4.0 - 6.4.0.13
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
6.2.3
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
6.4.0
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
6.6.1
... and 3 more
Published
Oct 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026