Privilege escalation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU99322

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20370

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local administrator to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure storage and permissions within certain system configurations and executable files, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): 7.1.0 - 9.20.2.10

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): 7.1.0 - 9.20.2.10

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:7.2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:7.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:7.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:9.17.1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:9.18.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:9.19.1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:9.20.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:asa:7.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.17.1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.18.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.19.1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.20.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.18.3.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.20.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.18.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:9.18.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_ftd:7.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ftd-priv-esc-hBS9gnwq

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.