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CVE-2009-2861

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Over-the-Air Provisioning (OTAP) functionality on Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100 and 1200 devices does not properly implement access-point association, which allows remote attackers to spoof a controller and cause a denial of service (service outage) via crafted remote radio management (RRM) packets, aka "SkyJack" or Bug ID CSCtb56664.

Affected products

• Cisco Aironet Ap1100: all versions
• Cisco Aironet Ap1200: all versions

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022774
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=18919
• http://www.airmagnet.com/assets/AM_Technote_SkyJack_082509.pdf
• http://www.airmagnet.com/news/press_releases/2009/08252009.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36145
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2419
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022774
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=18919
• http://www.airmagnet.com/assets/AM_Technote_SkyJack_082509.pdf
• http://www.airmagnet.com/news/press_releases/2009/08252009.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36145
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2419

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