CVE-2021-1476

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 29, 2021 at 05:30 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceSecure Firewall Threat Defense

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS) of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid administrator-level credentials.

Affected

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

9.13 ≤ v < 9.13.1.219.14 ≤ v < 9.14.2.139.15 ≤ v < 9.15.1.10
Affected range stops below 9.13.1.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.14.2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.15.1.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.5.0 ≤ v < 6.6.46.7.0 ≤ v < 6.7.0.2

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

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUMcisco
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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