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.
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Classification
CWE
CWE-668
CWE-73
Status
published
Affected Products (13)
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
< 6.4.0.13
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
Timeline
Published
Oct 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026