THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-16028
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-16028

Secure Firewall Management Center vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication responses from an external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Secure Firewall Management Center
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2020-09-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-16028

  • Confirm whether Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-16028.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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