CVE-2020-3259: Cisco ASA and FTD Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker could retrieve memory contents on an affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information due to a buffer tracking issue when the software parses invalid URLs that are requested from the web services interface. This vulnerability affects only specific AnyConnect and WebVPN configurations.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An attacker could retrieve memory contents on an affected device, leading to the disclosure of confidential information.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Cisco ASA and FTD with specific AnyConnect and WebVPN configurations are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches provided by Cisco.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3259
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2020-3259Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-3259 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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