8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2019-12675

Published: 02/10/2019 Updated: 09/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 6 | Exploitability Score: 2
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in the multi-instance feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local malicious user to escape the container for their FTD instance and execute commands with root privileges in the host namespace. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient protections on the underlying filesystem. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by modifying critical files on the underlying filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the malicious user to execute commands with root privileges within the host namespace. This could allow the malicious user to impact other running FTD instances.

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Vendor Advisories

Multiple vulnerabilities in the multi-instance feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the container for their FTD instance and execute commands with root privileges in the host namespace These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient protections on the underlying filesystem A ...

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