Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web-Based Management Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 1.6%
exploitation probability
1.6%top 25% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges and execute administrative functions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device as a low-privileged user and then sending specific HTTPS requests to execute administrative functions using the information retrieved during initial login.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software