CVE-2019-12701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software and its VDB Fingerprint Database, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass file and malware inspection policies. The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation of incoming HTTP requests, enabling an attacker to send crafted traffic and bypass security controls. While the CVSS score is 5.8 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and no user interaction, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 327CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vdb_fingerprint_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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.