CVE-2006-4950

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 before 20060920, as used by Cisco IAD2430, IAD2431, and IAD2432 Integrated Access Devices, the VG224 Analog Phone Gateway, and the MWR 1900 and 1941 Mobile Wireless Edge Routers, is incorrectly identified as supporting DOCSIS, which allows remote attackers to gain read-write access via a hard-coded cable-docsis community string and read or modify arbitrary SNMP variables.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: through 12.3; 12.3(1a), 12.3(2)ja, 12.3(2)ja5, 12.3(2)jk, 12.3(2)jk1, 12.3(2)t3 (+221)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21974
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016899
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-docsis.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123140
http://www.osvdb.org/29034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3722
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29054
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5665
http://secunia.com/advisories/21974
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016899
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-docsis.shtml

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