CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Pix Asa Finesse Operation System 7.2 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
** DISPUTED ** The Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System 7.1 and 7.2 allows local users to gain privileges by entering characters at the enable prompt, erasing these characters via the Backspace key, and then holding down the Backspace key for one second after erasing the final character. NOTE: third parties, including one who works for the vendor, have been unable to reproduce the flaw unless the enable password is blank.
The weakness was presented 03/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1246 since 03/10/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/16/2018). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41129). See 30183, 41426, 41425 and 41424 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
License
Support
- end of life (old version)
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/24/2008 🔍03/10/2008 🔍
03/10/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 🔍
08/16/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2008-1246 (🔍)
X-Force: 41129 - Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 27457 - Cisco PIX/ASA Enable Login Prompt Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 08/16/2018 07:15
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (51), 08/16/2018 07:15 (4)
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