CVE•Published 2020-10-21•Modified 2026-08-11•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2020-3514Cisco · Secure_firewall_management_center

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
30
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 70% of all CVEs
Description

A vulnerability in the multi-instance feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the container for their Cisco FTD instance and execute commands with root privileges in the host namespace. The attacker must have valid credentials on the device.The vulnerability exists because a configuration file that is used at container startup has insufficient protections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying a specific container configuration file on the underlying file system. 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 Cisco FTD instances or the host Cisco FXOS device.

Timeline
Published 2020-10-21
Modified 2026-08-11

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