CVE-2007-2586

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and have other impact including reading startup-config, as demonstrated by a crafted MKD command that involves access to a VTY device and overflows a buffer, aka bug ID CSCek55259.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 12.0(1)t, 12.0(1)t1, 12.0(1)xe, 12.0(2)s, 12.0(2)t, 12.0(2)t1 (+374)

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jan/0183.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25199
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00808399d0.shtml
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6155
http://www.osvdb.org/35334
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494868
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23885
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018030
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1749
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34197
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5036
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jan/0183.html

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