CVE-2019-1982: cisco cisco firepower management center

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-1982 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in cisco cisco firepower management center. EPSS estimates a 0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-11-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the HTTP traffic filtering component of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA, and Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass filtering protections. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of HTTP requests, including those communicated over a secure HTTPS connection, that contain maliciously crafted headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious requests to protected systems, allowing attackers to deliver malicious content that would otherwise be blocked.

• CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsDuring installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.