Executive summary
Public evidence documents CVE-2024-20359. This report does not assess any organization.
Technical analysis
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.
Evidence and sources
Public evidence for CVE-2024-20359 with preserved provenance.
CVE-2024-20359 Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.
IOCs
No public IOC is available.
CVEs and affected products
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ATT&CK mapping
No ATT&CK mapping is available.
Detection content
Sigma rules, YARA rules, Splunk SPL, and KQL detection logic.
Threat hunting
Hypothesis-driven hunt procedures and telemetry checklist.
Remediation
Containment actions, patching notes, and credential steps.
Historical relationships
No published historical relationship is available.
Timeline and change history
Confidence and caveats
1.0
⚠️ Public CTI only; no organizational exposure is asserted.
⚠️ CVSS and EPSS metadata were not present in the retrieved evidence payload.