Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2019-1709
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 CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting commands into arguments for a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.
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 · moderate confidenceA command injection vulnerability exists in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software due to insufficient input validation. An authenticated local attacker can inject malicious commands into arguments for a specific command, enabling execution with root privileges.
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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
= 6.3.0
Secure Firewall Threat DefenseApplication
= 6.0.0= 6.0.1= 6.1.0= 6.2.0= 6.2.1= 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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 Cisco FTD versionLog into the FTD CLI and run the command 'show version' or 'show system install summary' to display the installed software versionAffected if The displayed version is exactly 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, or 6.2.3
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Identify Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center versionLog into the FMC web interface and navigate to Help > About, or run 'show version' via CLI to display the installed software versionAffected if The displayed version is exactly 6.3.0
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Confirm CLI access is availableVerify you can access the FTD or FMC CLI with authenticated credentials by attempting to log in via console, SSH, or the local management interfaceAffected if CLI access is granted to any user account (the vulnerability requires authenticated local attacker access)
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Audit existing CLI user accountsReview user accounts configured on the device by running 'show user-account' or checking the local user database via the CLIAffected if There are user accounts with CLI access beyond trusted administrators (multiple accounts increase the attack surface for a local authenticated attacker)
You are affected if your Cisco FTD version is 6.0.0 through 6.2.3, or your Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center version is 6.3.0, and you have CLI access enabled for authenticated users.
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 vendor patch from Cisco when available, or upgrade to a fixed version. Until then, limit CLI access to trusted personnel only and monitor for suspicious command execution.
Fix this in Secure Firewall Management Center
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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