CVE-2009-2977

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
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: 2009-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

Affected products

Cisco Cs-Mars: through 6.0.4; 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.5

References

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913

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