CVE-2020-3253
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-05-06 16:41
Modified
2024-09-16 23:41
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Shell Access Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-shell-9rhJF68KVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
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