Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerability

What happened

A vulnerability in the sftunnel inter-device communication protocol of Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain root privileges. This vulnerability is due to unsecured deserialization of untrusted data over the sftunnel management connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted sftunnel remote procedure calls (RPCs). A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on a device that is running Cisco Secure FMC Software and its high-availability peer. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on a managed Cisco FTD device.

Affected versions

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC): 7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.0.1.1; 7.0.2; 7.2.0; 7.0.2.1; 7.0.3; 7.2.0.1; 7.0.4; 7.2.1; 7.0.5; 7.3.0; 7.2.2; 7.3.1; 7.2.3; 7.2.3.1; 7.2.4; 7.0.6; 7.2.4.1; 7.2.5; 7.3.1.1; 7.4.0; 7.0.6.1; 7.2.5.1; 7.4.1; 7.2.6; 7.4.1.1; 7.0.6.2; 7.2.7; 7.2.5.2; 7.3.1.2; 7.2.8; 7.6.0; 7.4.2; 7.2.8.1; 7.0.6.3; 7.4.2.1; 7.2.9; 7.0.7; 7.7.0; 7.4.2.2; 7.2.10; 7.6.1; 7.4.2.3; 7.0.8; 7.6.2; 7.7.10; 7.2.10.1; 7.0.8.1; 7.6.2.1; 7.2.10.2; 7.7.10.1; 7.4.2.4; 7.4.3; 7.6.3; 7.7.11; 7.6.4; 10.0.0; 7.4.4; 7.4.5; 7.0.9; 7.2.11; 7.7.12; 7.6.5; 7.4.6; 10.0.1; 7.4.7 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.