Critical severity · published May 6, 2020
CVE-2020-3125
A vulnerability in the Kerberos authentication feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate the…
9.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Kerberos authentication feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC) and bypass authentication on an affected device that is configured to perform Kerberos authentication for VPN or local device access. The vulnerability is due to insufficient identity verification of the KDC when a successful authentication response is received. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the KDC server response to the ASA device. This malicious response would not have been authenticated by the KDC. A successful attack could allow an attacker to bypass Kerberos authentication.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
9.8 before 9.8.4.15; 9.9 before 9.9.2.66; 9.10 before 9.10.1.37; 9.12 before 9.12.3.2; 9.13 before 9.13.1.7 · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5505 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5510 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5512-x Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5515-x Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5520 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5525-x Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5540 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5545-x Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5550 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5555-x Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
A5
Asa 5580 Firmware · Cisco
9.10(1.220) · source: NVD
Affected product
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco
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