Cisco ASA up to 7.x credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 7.x. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4786. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco ASA up to 7.x (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) running PIX 7.0 before 7.0.7.1, 7.1 before 7.1.2.61, 7.2 before 7.2.2.34, and 8.0 before 8.0.2.11, when AAA is enabled, composes %ASA-5-111008 messages from the "test aaa" command with cleartext passwords and sends them over the network to a remote syslog server or places them in a local logging buffer, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

The weakness was presented 07/11/2007 with CERT/CC as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4786 since 09/10/2007. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to approached within the local network. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.0%284%29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36473), SecurityFocus (BID 25548†), OSVDB (37499†), Secunia (SA26677†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018660†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 7.0%284%29

Timelineinfo

07/11/2007 🔍
09/05/2007 +55 days 🔍
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09/06/2007 +1 days 🔍
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09/10/2007 +3 days 🔍
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10/30/2012 +1877 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +867 days 🔍
01/25/2025 +3603 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: CERT/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4786 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4786
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38703
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 36473
SecurityFocus: 25548 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance AAA Authentication Feature Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 26677
OSVDB: 37499 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) PIX Cleartext Password Remote Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1018660 - Cisco ASA Test Function Discloses AAA Passwords
Vulnerability Center: 36885 - Cisco PIX/ASA 7.x and 8.x AAA Remote Password Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3076

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 01/25/2025 18:23
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (60), 04/20/2017 13:49 (12), 01/17/2025 17:09 (37), 01/25/2025 18:23 (1)
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