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CVE-2010-4678

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-01-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) permit packets to pass before the configuration has been loaded, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sending network traffic during device startup, aka Bug ID CSCsy86769.

Affected products

• Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance: all versions
• Cisco ASA Software: through 8.2\(2\); 7.0, 7.0(0), 7.0(2), 7.0(4), 7.0(5), 7.0(5.2) (+49)
• Cisco Asa 5500: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42931
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64604
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42931
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64604

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