CVE-2024-20379: cisco cisco firepower management center Absolute Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-20379 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability in cisco cisco firepower management center. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 23-10-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, formerly Firepower Management Center Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of the affected device. The attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

• CWE-36Absolute Path TraversalThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.