Command Injection in Cisco ASA and FTD Restore Functionality
CVE-2024-20358 is a command injection vulnerability in the restore functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. The flaw exists because the contents of a backup file are improperly sanitized during restore processing. An authenticated local attacker with administrator-level privileges can exploit the issue by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary command execution on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges.
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Impact, mitigation & remediation
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Impact
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
Mitigation
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Remediation
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Exploits
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Affected products & vendors
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Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
Recent activity
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A previously disclosed high-severity vulnerability in Cisco ASA and FTD products mentioned as part of Cisco's security history; no specific technical details are provided in the content.
A Cisco ASA/FTD zero-day vulnerability identified during the ArcaneDoor investigation; the content states only CVE-2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 were exploited in the campaign.
A Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD command injection vulnerability affecting vulnerable software versions.
A Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD command injection vulnerability affecting specific vulnerable software versions.
The version that knows your environment.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.