CVE-2020-3253

Medium

Description

A vulnerability in the support tunnel feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access the shell of an affected device even though expert mode is disabled. The vulnerability is due to improper configuration of the support tunnel feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enabling the support tunnel, setting a key, and deriving the tunnel password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run any system command with root access on an affected device.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
PublishedMay 6, 2020
First seenMay 6, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense6.5.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco secure_firewall_threat_defensev < 6.5.06.5.0

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