CVE-2010-4689

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% 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 8.3(2) do not properly preserve ACL behavior after a migration, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an unspecified type of network traffic that had previously been denied, aka Bug ID CSCte46460.

Affected products

Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance: all versions
Cisco ASA Software: through 8.3\(1\); 7.0, 7.0(0), 7.0(2), 7.0(4), 7.0(5), 7.0(5.2) (+53)
Cisco Asa 5500: all versions

References

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/release/notes/asarn83.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45768
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64575
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/release/notes/asarn83.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45768
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64575

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