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CVE-2007-4786

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-319

Description

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.

Affected products

• Cisco ASA Software: from 7.0 before 7.0.7.1; from 7.1 before 7.1.2.61; from 7.2 before 7.2.2.34; from 8.0 before 8.0.2.11 — fixed in 7.0.7.1, 7.1.2.61, 7.2.2.34, 8.0.2.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco ASA Software 7.0.7.1, 7.1.2.61, 7.2.2.34, 8.0.2.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://osvdb.org/37499
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26677
• http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsj72903
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563673
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-74ZK93
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25548
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018660
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3076
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36473
• http://osvdb.org/37499
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26677
• http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsj72903

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