Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Management Interface access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Management Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-3186. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (Firewall Software) (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the management access list configuration of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured management interface access list on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the configuration of different management access lists, with ports allowed in one access list and denied in another. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted remote management traffic to the local IP address of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the configured management access list policies, and traffic to the management interface would not be properly denied.

The weakness was presented 05/06/2020 as cisco-sa-ftd-accesslist-bypass as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-3186 since 12/12/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Firewall Software

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• Cisco

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• Firepower Threat Defense

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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