Analyst readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-1934 lets a logged-in, low-privileged user abuse Cisco ASA's web management interface to perform administrative actions. The main business risk is loss of firewall control if an attacker has any valid management account and can reach the HTTPS management interface.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for ASA devices where management access is broadly reachable or shared with non-admin accounts. Prioritize validation and vendor-guided remediation because successful abuse could compromise firewall confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Technical view
The issue is insufficient authorization validation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software's web-based management interface. An authenticated remote attacker with low privileges can use information obtained during login and crafted HTTPS requests to execute administrative functions. The source bundle does not specify affected ASA versions.
Likely exposure
Organizations are exposed if they run Cisco ASA Software with the web-based management interface enabled and reachable by low-privileged users. Internet or broadly reachable management access would increase operational risk. Version-specific exposure is incomplete in the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not report active exploitation, and KEV is false. Exploitation requires valid low-privileged credentials, HTTPS reachability to the ASA management interface, and no user interaction. The vulnerability is network-reachable and low complexity once authenticated.
Researcher notes
CWE-285 aligns with an authorization bypass/privilege escalation pattern after authentication. The provided evidence supports authenticated remote privilege escalation but does not include affected version ranges, proof-of-concept status, exploit telemetry, or fixed release details.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco's advisory for affected releases and fixed-version guidance.
- Upgrade affected ASA Software according to Cisco's official guidance.
- Restrict web management access to trusted administrative networks.
- Remove unnecessary low-privileged management accounts.
- Monitor ASA administrative activity for unexpected changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco ASA devices with web-based management enabled.
- Confirm ASA Software versions against Cisco's advisory.
- Review management interface access paths and source restrictions.
- Audit low-privileged ASA management users and recent administrative actions.
Public sources used
Based on public source material and reviewed before publication.
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20190807 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web-Based Management Interface Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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Improper Authorization
Improper Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.