Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2021· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2021-1488
CVE-2021-1488
Description
A vulnerability in the upgrade process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted upgrade package file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying OS.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=6.5.0,<6.6.4
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=9.13,<9.13.1.21
- Range: n/a
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