Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2019-12687
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the affected device.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA command injection vulnerability in the Cisco Firepower Management Center web UI allows authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending specially crafted input due to insufficient input validation in the web interface.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication
= 6.2.2= 6.2.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the Cisco FMC installed versionLog into the FMC CLI or access System > Help > About in the web UI to view the exact software version numberAffected if The version is exactly 6.2.2 or exactly 6.2.3 (note: other versions like 6.2.1, 6.3.0, 6.4.0 and later are NOT affected)
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Confirm the web UI is enabledCheck if the FMC web interface (HTTPS on port 443) is listening and accessible on the management IPAffected if The FMC web UI is exposed and reachable from network locations where untrusted users exist
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Verify user accounts existReview configured FMC users in the web UI under System > Users or via CLI command 'show user-account'Affected if Any valid FMC user account exists (authenticated attackers use these credentials to exploit the vulnerability)
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Check network access to web UIReview firewall rules or ACLs protecting the FMC management interface to determine if untrusted IPs can reach the web UIAffected if The web UI is accessible from networks that are not fully trusted, increasing exploitation risk
You are affected if your FMC runs exactly version 6.2.2 or 6.2.3 AND the web UI is accessible to authenticated users (including potentially untrusted ones).
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Cisco FMC security patch for this vulnerability. As a compensating control, restrict access to the FMC web UI to trusted IP addresses and trusted users only until patching can be completed.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-12687 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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