CVE-2024-20359
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVSS
6.0
Média
EPSS
18.8%
p97
KEV
SIM
24 de abr. de 2024
Exploit Today
79
0-100
Publicado: 24 de abr. de 2024 · Última mod.: 11 de ago. de 2026 · CWE-94
Produto
Cisco / Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
Vulnerabilidade
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Adicionado ao KEV
24 de abr. de 2024
Corrigir até
1 de mai. de 2024
Uso conhecido em ransomware
Não
Descrição resumida
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.
Ação necessária
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notas
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20359
A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of a file when it is read from system flash memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a crafted file to the disk0: file system of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device after the next reload of the device, which could alter system behavior. Because the injected code could persist across device reboots, Cisco has raised the Security Impact Rating (SIR) of this advisory from Medium to High.
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h
- blog.talosintelligence.comhttps://blog.talosintelligence.com/arcanedoor-new-espionage-focused-campaign-found-targeting-perimeter-network-devices/
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-20359