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CVE-2020-3550 Details

Description

A vulnerability in the sfmgr daemon of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform directory traversal and access directories outside the restricted path. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a relative path in specific sfmgr commands. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an sftunnel-connected peer device.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftdfmc-dirtrav-NW8XcuSB CVEVendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftdfmc-dirtrav-NW8XcuSB [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cisco secure firewall management center
<= 6.0.1
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.0.6
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.10
6.2.0
6.2.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
cisco secure firewall threat defense
<= 6.0.1
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.0.6
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.10
6.2.0
6.2.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-3550
NVD Published Date:
Oct 21, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 11, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-3550 Details - Not Deferred