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CVE-2021-34761

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Published: Oct 27, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.0
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges. The attacker must have administrative credentials on the device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user input for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device with administrative privileges and issuing a CLI command with crafted user parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.

Affected (16)

3 products
Firepower Threat Defense
Sourcefire Defense Center
Configuration A
16 vulnerable

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