Cisco IOS 5.5

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco IOS 5.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1775. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS 5.5 (Router Operating System) and classified as problematic. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco VACM (View-based Access Control MIB) for Catalyst Operating Software (CatOS) 5.5 and 6.1 and IOS 12.0 and 12.1 allows remote attackers to read and modify device configuration via the read-write community string.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 with Cisco as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1775 since 04/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10688 (Cisco CatOS VACM read-write Community String Device Configuration Manipulation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SNMP and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 78042 (View-based Access Control MIB SNMP Walk Read-Write Password Revealing Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6179), Tenable (10688), SecurityFocus (BID 5030†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2549†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-16475 and VDB-16476. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10688
Nessus Name: Cisco CatOS VACM read-write Community String Device Configuration Manipulation
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OpenVAS ID: 802243
OpenVAS Name: Report default community names of the SNMP Agent
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02/28/2001 🔍
06/15/2001 +107 days 🔍
06/16/2002 +366 days 🔍
10/16/2003 +487 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +442 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2005 +111 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3645 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3736 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22891
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X-Force: 6179
SecurityFocus: 5030 - Cisco View-based Access Control MIB SNMP Walk Read-Write Password Revealing Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2549 - [cisco-sa-20010228-ios-snmp-community] Cisco IOS/CatOS Can Expose the Read-Write Community String, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:32
Updated: 07/06/2025 15:15
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:32 (70), 05/16/2019 09:17 (1), 11/21/2024 20:31 (17), 07/06/2025 15:15 (2)
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