Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.4.1.1 Cluster Backup os command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Firepower Management Center and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Cluster Backup. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20275. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Firepower Management Center. This affects an unknown part of the component Cluster Backup. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the cluster backup feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, formerly Firepower Management Center Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user data that is supplied through the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Network Administrator. In addition, the attacker would need to persuade a legitimate user to initiate a cluster backup on the affected device.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-20275 since 11/08/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Firepower Management Center

Version

• 7.1.0
• 7.1.0.1
• 7.1.0.2
• 7.1.0.3
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.0.1
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.3.1
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.4.1
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.5.1
• 7.2.5.2
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.1.1
• 7.3.1.2
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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