CVE-2024-20370: cisco cisco adaptive security appliance (asa) software
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-20370 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in cisco cisco adaptive security appliance (asa) software. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 23-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco FXOS CLI feature on specific hardware platforms for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their administrative privileges to root. The attacker would need valid administrative credentials on the device to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability exists because certain system configurations and executable files have insecure storage and permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating on the device and then performing a series of steps that includes downloading malicious system files and accessing the Cisco FXOS CLI to configure the attack. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root access on the device.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.17%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
6%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.17% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco2 products
- cisco adaptive security appliance (asa) software9.17.1 | 9.17.1.7 | 9.17.1.9 | 9.17.1.10 | 9.17.1.11 | 9.17.1.13 | 9.17.1.15 | 9.17.1.20 | 9.17.1.30 | 9.17.1.33 | 9.17.1.39 | 9.18.1 | 9.18.1.3 | 9.18.2 | 9.18.2.5 | 9.18.2.7 | 9.18.2.8 | 9.18.3 | 9.18.3.39 | 9.18.3.46 | 9.18.3.53 | 9.18.3.55 | 9.18.3.56 | 9.18.4 | 9.18.4.5 | 9.18.4.8 | 9.18.4.22 | 9.19.1 | 9.19.1.5 | 9.19.1.9 | 9.19.1.12 | 9.19.1.18 | 9.19.1.22 | 9.19.1.24 | 9.19.1.27 | 9.19.1.28 | 9.20.1 | 9.20.1.5 | 9.20.2 | 9.20.2.10
- cisco firepower threat defense software7.1.0 | 7.1.0.1 | 7.1.0.2 | 7.1.0.3 | 7.2.0 | 7.2.0.1 | 7.2.1 | 7.2.2 | 7.2.3 | 7.2.4 | 7.2.4.1 | 7.2.5 | 7.2.5.1 | 7.2.6 | 7.2.7 | 7.2.5.2 | 7.2.8 | 7.2.8.1 | 7.3.0 | 7.3.1 | 7.3.1.1 | 7.3.1.2 | 7.4.0 | 7.4.1 | 7.4.1.1
1 vendor · 2 products