CVE detail

CVE-2021-1126 — CVE-2021-1126

Published 2021-01-13 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product secure_firewall_management_center · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

5.5

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0026

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

18.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the storage of proxy server credentials of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view credentials for a configured proxy server. The vulnerability is due to clear-text storage and weak permissions of related configuration files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of the affected software and viewing the contents of the affected files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view the credentials that are used to access the proxy server.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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