CVE-2013-5511

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 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: 2013-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Adaptive Security Device Management (ASDM) remote-management feature in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.2.x before 8.2(5.46), 8.3.x before 8.3(2.39), 8.4.x before 8.4(6), 8.5.x before 8.5(1.18), 8.6.x before 8.6(1.12), 8.7.x before 8.7(1.7), 9.0.x before 9.0(3.1), and 9.1.x before 9.1(2.6) does not properly implement the authentication-certificate option, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a TCP session to an ASDM interface, aka Bug ID CSCuh44815.

Affected products

Cisco ASA Software: 8.2, 8.2(1), 8.2(2), 8.2(3), 8.2(3.9), 8.2(4) (+38)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131009-asa
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5511
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131009-asa
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5511

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