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CVE-2024-20359

MEDIUM 6.0 ⚠️ CISA KEV
CVSS Score
6.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor cisco
Product cisco adaptive security appliance (asa) software
Ecosystems
Industries
NetworkingTelecommunications
Published Apr 24, 2024
Last Updated Oct 21, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Cisco / Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
9.8.1 9.8.1.5 9.8.1.7 9.8.2 9.8.2.8 9.8.2.14 9.8.2.15 9.8.2.17 9.8.2.20 9.8.2.24 9.8.2.26 9.8.2.28 9.8.2.33 9.8.2.35 9.8.2.38 9.8.3.8 9.8.3.11 9.8.3.14 9.8.3.16 9.8.3.18 9.8.3.21 9.8.3 9.8.3.26 9.8.3.29 9.8.4 9.8.4.3 9.8.4.7 9.8.4.8 9.8.4.10 9.8.4.12 9.8.4.15 9.8.4.17 9.8.4.25 9.8.4.20 9.8.4.22 9.8.4.26 9.8.4.29 9.8.4.32 9.8.4.33 9.8.4.34 9.8.4.35 9.8.4.39 9.8.4.40 9.8.4.41 9.8.4.43 9.8.4.44 9.8.4.45 9.8.4.46 9.8.4.48 9.12.1 9.12.1.2 9.12.1.3 9.12.2 9.12.2.4 9.12.2.5 9.12.2.9 9.12.3 9.12.3.2 9.12.3.7 9.12.4 9.12.3.12 9.12.3.9 9.12.2.1 9.12.4.2 9.12.4.4 9.12.4.7 9.12.4.10 9.12.4.13 9.12.4.8 9.12.4.18 9.12.4.24 9.12.4.26 9.12.4.29 9.12.4.30 9.12.4.35 9.12.4.37 9.12.4.38 9.12.4.39 9.12.4.40 9.12.4.41 9.12.4.47 9.12.4.48 9.12.4.50 9.12.4.52 9.12.4.54 9.12.4.55 9.12.4.56 9.12.4.58 9.12.4.62 9.12.4.65 9.14.1 9.14.1.10 9.14.1.6 9.14.1.15 9.14.1.19 9.14.1.30 9.14.2 9.14.2.4 9.14.2.8 9.14.2.13 9.14.2.15 9.14.3 9.14.3.1 9.14.3.9 9.14.3.11 9.14.3.13 9.14.3.18 9.14.3.15 9.14.4 9.14.4.6 9.14.4.7 9.14.4.12 9.14.4.13 9.14.4.14 9.14.4.15 9.14.4.17 9.14.4.22 9.14.4.23 9.15.1 9.15.1.7 9.15.1.10 9.15.1.15 9.15.1.16 9.15.1.17 9.15.1.1 9.15.1.21 9.16.1 9.16.1.28 9.16.2 9.16.2.3 9.16.2.7 9.16.2.11 9.16.2.13 9.16.2.14 9.16.3 9.16.3.3 9.16.3.14 9.16.3.15 9.16.3.19 9.16.3.23 9.16.4 9.16.4.9 9.16.4.14 9.16.4.18 9.16.4.19 9.16.4.27 9.16.4.38 9.16.4.39 9.16.4.42 9.16.4.48 9.16.4.55 9.17.1 9.17.1.7 9.17.1.9 9.17.1.10 9.17.1.11 9.17.1.13 9.17.1.15 9.17.1.20 9.17.1.30 9.17.1.33 9.18.1 9.18.1.3 9.18.2 9.18.2.5 9.18.2.7 9.18.2.8 9.18.3 9.18.3.39 9.18.3.46 9.18.3.53 9.18.3.55 9.18.3.56 9.18.4 9.18.4.5 9.18.4.8 9.19.1 9.19.1.5 9.19.1.9 9.19.1.12 9.19.1.18 9.19.1.22 9.19.1.24 9.19.1.27 9.20.1 9.20.1.5 9.20.2
Cisco / Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
6.2.3 6.2.3.1 6.2.3.2 6.2.3.3 6.2.3.4 6.2.3.5 6.2.3.6 6.2.3.7 6.2.3.8 6.2.3.10 6.2.3.11 6.2.3.9 6.2.3.12 6.2.3.13 6.2.3.14 6.2.3.15 6.2.3.16 6.2.3.17 6.2.3.18 6.6.0 6.6.0.1 6.6.1 6.6.3 6.6.4 6.6.5 6.6.5.1 6.6.5.2 6.6.7 6.6.7.1 6.4.0 6.4.0.1 6.4.0.3 6.4.0.2 6.4.0.4 6.4.0.5 6.4.0.6 6.4.0.7 6.4.0.8 6.4.0.9 6.4.0.10 6.4.0.11 6.4.0.12 6.4.0.13 6.4.0.14 6.4.0.15 6.4.0.16 6.4.0.17 6.7.0 6.7.0.1 6.7.0.2 6.7.0.3 7.0.0 7.0.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1.1 7.0.2 7.0.2.1 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.6.1 7.1.0 7.1.0.1 7.1.0.2 7.1.0.3 7.2.0 7.2.0.1 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.4.1 7.2.5 7.2.5.1 7.3.0 7.3.1 7.3.1.1 7.4.0 7.4.1

References

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sec.cloudapps.cisco.com: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h blog.talosintelligence.com: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/arcanedoor-new-espionage-focused-campaign-found-targeting-perimeter-network-devices/ cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-20359