A vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges
Published Nov 2, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.80%
Description
A vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain Smart Licensing configuration parameters. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by configuring a malicious URL within the affected feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Firepower Security products running FX-OS code trains 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 2.0.1 (versions 2.1.1, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 are not affected): Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86863.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security ApplianceStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance | n/a |
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- ≤ 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 2.0.1
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.80% (0.03802) | 89.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.80% (0.03802) | 88.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00630) | 68.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 50.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 49.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 50.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 43.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 50.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00204) | 56.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 47.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 32.00th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 31.26th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 70.79th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101661 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-fpwr x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101661 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-fpwr | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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