HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-2127

Adaptive Security Appliance Software vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
11.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.x before 8.2(5.48), 8.3 before 8.3(2.40), 8.4 before 8.4(7.9), 8.6 before 8.6(1.13), 9.0 before 9.0(4.1), and 9.1 before 9.1(4.3) does not properly process management-session information during privilege validation for SSL VPN portal connections, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by establishing a Clientless SSL VPN session and entering crafted URLs, aka Bug ID CSCul70099.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2014-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-2127

  • Confirm whether Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-2127.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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