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CVE-2006-4312

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances and ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, when running 7.0(x) up to 7.0(5) and 7.1(x) up to 7.1(2.4), and Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1(x) up to 3.1(1.6), causes the EXEC password, local user passwords, and the enable password to be changed to a "non-random value" under certain circumstances, which causes administrators to be locked out and might allow attackers to gain access.

Affected products

• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 501: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 506: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 515: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 515E: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 520: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 525: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall 535: all versions
• Cisco Pix Firewall Software: 6.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21616
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016738
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016739
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016740
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060823-firewall.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/28143
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19681
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3367
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28540
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21616
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016738
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016739

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