CVE-2020-3309
Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-Box Software Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-Box Software Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-3309- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-24580
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.
- Record
EUVD-2020-24580- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-37wp-r5gr-q42h No score
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an...
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.
- Record
GHSA-37wp-r5gr-q42h- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on as well as modify the underlying operating system of an affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-3309- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-3309 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Firepower Device Manager On-box, published May 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.77%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.