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CVE-2006-4312
Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances and ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, when running 7.0(x) up to 7.0(5) and 7.1(x) up…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.32%
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Description
Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances and ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, when running 7.0(x) up to 7.0(5) and 7.1(x) up to 7.1(2.4), and Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1(x) up to 3.1(1.6), causes the EXEC password, local user passwords, and the enable password to be changed to a "non-random value" under certain circumstances, which causes administrators to be locked out and might allow attackers to gain access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- ADV-2006-3367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060823 Unintentional Password Modification Vulnerability in Cisco Firewall Products (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 19681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1016738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- cisco-pix-password-modification(28540) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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