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CVE-2007-4786

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Sep 10, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4786
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html

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.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Adaptive_security_appliance_softwareCisco7.0 (including)7.0.7.1 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_softwareCisco7.1 (including)7.1.2.61 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_softwareCisco7.2 (including)7.2.2.34 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_softwareCisco8.0 (including)8.0.2.11 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

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