CVE-2019-12675

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Multi-instance Container Escape Vulnerabilities

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 2, 2019 at 07:06 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:37 PM UTC
17 products affected across 1 vendorSecure Firewall Threat DefenseFirepower 9300 FirmwareFirepower 4125 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the multi-instance feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the container for their FTD instance and execute commands with root privileges in the host namespace. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient protections on the underlying filesystem. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by modifying critical files on the underlying filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges within the host namespace. This could allow the attacker to impact other running FTD instances.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
cisco-firepower-4110 (same device)
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cisco-firepower-4115 (same device)
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cisco-firepower-4120 (same device)
All versions
cisco-firepower-4125 (same device)
All versions
cisco-firepower-4140 (same device)
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cisco-firepower-4145 (same device)
All versions
cisco-firepower-4150 (same device)
All versions
cisco-firepower-9300 (same device)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-216CWE-116

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