CVE-2020-3514 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software's multi-instance feature. An authenticated attacker with valid credentials could escape their container and execute commands with root privileges on the host system, potentially impacting other FTD instances or the underlying Cisco FXOS device. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges to exploit, but leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.5.0, < 6.5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 6.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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