Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerabilities

published 2021-10-27 5 y ago modified 2026-08-11 2 mo ago also EUVD-2021-21406

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense 6.4.0.13, 6.6.5, 6.7.0.3, 7.0.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-11-07)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-cmdinject-FmzsLN8
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-34756
NVD CVE-2021-34756

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Summary