CVE-2024-20359 (GCVE-0-2024-20359)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-24 18:16
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of a file when it is read from system flash memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a crafted file to the disk0: file system of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device after the next reload of the device, which could alter system behavior. Because the injected code could persist across device reboots, Cisco has raised the Security Impact Rating (SIR) of this advisory from Medium to High.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Version: 9.8.1
Version: 9.8.1.5
Version: 9.8.1.7
Version: 9.8.2
Version: 9.8.2.8
Version: 9.8.2.14
Version: 9.8.2.15
Version: 9.8.2.17
Version: 9.8.2.20
Version: 9.8.2.24
Version: 9.8.2.26
Version: 9.8.2.28
Version: 9.8.2.33
Version: 9.8.2.35
Version: 9.8.2.38
Version: 9.8.3.8
Version: 9.8.3.11
Version: 9.8.3.14
Version: 9.8.3.16
Version: 9.8.3.18
Version: 9.8.3.21
Version: 9.8.3
Version: 9.8.3.26
Version: 9.8.3.29
Version: 9.8.4
Version: 9.8.4.3
Version: 9.8.4.7
Version: 9.8.4.8
Version: 9.8.4.10
Version: 9.8.4.12
Version: 9.8.4.15
Version: 9.8.4.17
Version: 9.8.4.25
Version: 9.8.4.20
Version: 9.8.4.22
Version: 9.8.4.26
Version: 9.8.4.29
Version: 9.8.4.32
Version: 9.8.4.33
Version: 9.8.4.34
Version: 9.8.4.35
Version: 9.8.4.39
Version: 9.8.4.40
Version: 9.8.4.41
Version: 9.8.4.43
Version: 9.8.4.44
Version: 9.8.4.45
Version: 9.8.4.46
Version: 9.8.4.48
Version: 9.12.1
Version: 9.12.1.2
Version: 9.12.1.3
Version: 9.12.2
Version: 9.12.2.4
Version: 9.12.2.5
Version: 9.12.2.9
Version: 9.12.3
Version: 9.12.3.2
Version: 9.12.3.7
Version: 9.12.4
Version: 9.12.3.12
Version: 9.12.3.9
Version: 9.12.2.1
Version: 9.12.4.2
Version: 9.12.4.4
Version: 9.12.4.7
Version: 9.12.4.10
Version: 9.12.4.13
Version: 9.12.4.8
Version: 9.12.4.18
Version: 9.12.4.24
Version: 9.12.4.26
Version: 9.12.4.29
Version: 9.12.4.30
Version: 9.12.4.35
Version: 9.12.4.37
Version: 9.12.4.38
Version: 9.12.4.39
Version: 9.12.4.40
Version: 9.12.4.41
Version: 9.12.4.47
Version: 9.12.4.48
Version: 9.12.4.50
Version: 9.12.4.52
Version: 9.12.4.54
Version: 9.12.4.55
Version: 9.12.4.56
Version: 9.12.4.58
Version: 9.12.4.62
Version: 9.12.4.65
Version: 9.14.1
Version: 9.14.1.10
Version: 9.14.1.6
Version: 9.14.1.15
Version: 9.14.1.19
Version: 9.14.1.30
Version: 9.14.2
Version: 9.14.2.4
Version: 9.14.2.8
Version: 9.14.2.13
Version: 9.14.2.15
Version: 9.14.3
Version: 9.14.3.1
Version: 9.14.3.9
Version: 9.14.3.11
Version: 9.14.3.13
Version: 9.14.3.18
Version: 9.14.3.15
Version: 9.14.4
Version: 9.14.4.6
Version: 9.14.4.7
Version: 9.14.4.12
Version: 9.14.4.13
Version: 9.14.4.14
Version: 9.14.4.15
Version: 9.14.4.17
Version: 9.14.4.22
Version: 9.14.4.23
Version: 9.15.1
Version: 9.15.1.7
Version: 9.15.1.10
Version: 9.15.1.15
Version: 9.15.1.16
Version: 9.15.1.17
Version: 9.15.1.1
Version: 9.15.1.21
Version: 9.16.1
Version: 9.16.1.28
Version: 9.16.2
Version: 9.16.2.3
Version: 9.16.2.7
Version: 9.16.2.11
Version: 9.16.2.13
Version: 9.16.2.14
Version: 9.16.3
Version: 9.16.3.3
Version: 9.16.3.14
Version: 9.16.3.15
Version: 9.16.3.19
Version: 9.16.3.23
Version: 9.16.4
Version: 9.16.4.9
Version: 9.16.4.14
Version: 9.16.4.18
Version: 9.16.4.19
Version: 9.16.4.27
Version: 9.16.4.38
Version: 9.16.4.39
Version: 9.16.4.42
Version: 9.16.4.48
Version: 9.16.4.55
Version: 9.17.1
Version: 9.17.1.7
Version: 9.17.1.9
Version: 9.17.1.10
Version: 9.17.1.11
Version: 9.17.1.13
Version: 9.17.1.15
Version: 9.17.1.20
Version: 9.17.1.30
Version: 9.17.1.33
Version: 9.18.1
Version: 9.18.1.3
Version: 9.18.2
Version: 9.18.2.5
Version: 9.18.2.7
Version: 9.18.2.8
Version: 9.18.3
Version: 9.18.3.39
Version: 9.18.3.46
Version: 9.18.3.53
Version: 9.18.3.55
Version: 9.18.3.56
Version: 9.18.4
Version: 9.18.4.5
Version: 9.18.4.8
Version: 9.19.1
Version: 9.19.1.5
Version: 9.19.1.9
Version: 9.19.1.12
Version: 9.19.1.18
Version: 9.19.1.22
Version: 9.19.1.24
Version: 9.19.1.27
Version: 9.20.1
Version: 9.20.1.5
Version: 9.20.2
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   Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Version: 6.2.3
Version: 6.2.3.1
Version: 6.2.3.2
Version: 6.2.3.3
Version: 6.2.3.4
Version: 6.2.3.5
Version: 6.2.3.6
Version: 6.2.3.7
Version: 6.2.3.8
Version: 6.2.3.10
Version: 6.2.3.11
Version: 6.2.3.9
Version: 6.2.3.12
Version: 6.2.3.13
Version: 6.2.3.14
Version: 6.2.3.15
Version: 6.2.3.16
Version: 6.2.3.17
Version: 6.2.3.18
Version: 6.6.0
Version: 6.6.0.1
Version: 6.6.1
Version: 6.6.3
Version: 6.6.4
Version: 6.6.5
Version: 6.6.5.1
Version: 6.6.5.2
Version: 6.6.7
Version: 6.6.7.1
Version: 6.4.0
Version: 6.4.0.1
Version: 6.4.0.3
Version: 6.4.0.2
Version: 6.4.0.4
Version: 6.4.0.5
Version: 6.4.0.6
Version: 6.4.0.7
Version: 6.4.0.8
Version: 6.4.0.9
Version: 6.4.0.10
Version: 6.4.0.11
Version: 6.4.0.12
Version: 6.4.0.13
Version: 6.4.0.14
Version: 6.4.0.15
Version: 6.4.0.16
Version: 6.4.0.17
Version: 6.7.0
Version: 6.7.0.1
Version: 6.7.0.2
Version: 6.7.0.3
Version: 7.0.0
Version: 7.0.0.1
Version: 7.0.1
Version: 7.0.1.1
Version: 7.0.2
Version: 7.0.2.1
Version: 7.0.3
Version: 7.0.4
Version: 7.0.5
Version: 7.0.6
Version: 7.0.6.1
Version: 7.1.0
Version: 7.1.0.1
Version: 7.1.0.2
Version: 7.1.0.3
Version: 7.2.0
Version: 7.2.0.1
Version: 7.2.1
Version: 7.2.2
Version: 7.2.3
Version: 7.2.4
Version: 7.2.4.1
Version: 7.2.5
Version: 7.2.5.1
Version: 7.3.0
Version: 7.3.1
Version: 7.3.1.1
Version: 7.4.0
Version: 7.4.1
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-04-24

Due date: 2024-05-01

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20359

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        "advisory": "cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h",
        "defects": [
          "CSCwi98284"
        ],
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "d1c1063e-7a18-46af-9102-31f8928bc633",
    "assignerShortName": "cisco",
    "cveId": "CVE-2024-20359",
    "datePublished": "2024-04-24T18:16:49.769Z",
    "dateReserved": "2023-11-08T15:08:07.650Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:05:20.462Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "cisa_known_exploited": {
      "cveID": "CVE-2024-20359",
      "cwes": "[\"CWE-94\"]",
      "dateAdded": "2024-04-24",
      "dueDate": "2024-05-01",
      "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
      "notes": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20359",
      "product": "Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)",
      "requiredAction": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
      "shortDescription": "Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.",
      "vendorProject": "Cisco",
      "vulnerabilityName": "Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
    }
  }
}


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