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CVE-2020-3299

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3299 describes a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine, affecting multiple Cisco products, that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured HTTP File Policies. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) stems from incorrect detection of modified HTTP packets in chunked responses, enabling an attacker to deliver malicious payloads. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the flaw could still lead to unauthorized file delivery.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, < 6.3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.9.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00011.html
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-bypass-3eCfd24j
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5354