CVE-2019-12690

Cisco Firepower Management Center Command Injection Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with the privileges of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web UI. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with full root privileges.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.36% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com
Affected: Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191002-fmc-com-inj vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12690?
CVE-2019-12690 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12690?
To fix CVE-2019-12690, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12690 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12690 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-12690?
CVE-2019-12690 affects Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center.
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