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CVE-2007-2586
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute…
High9.3EPSS 14.4%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and have other impact including reading startup-config, as demonstrated by a crafted MKD command that involves access to a VTY device and overflows a buffer, aka bug ID CSCek55259.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.4% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20070509 Multiple Vulnerabilities in the IOS FTP Server (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 20080729 Remote Cisco IOS FTP exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cisco-ios-ftp-unauthorized-access(34197) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1018030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090120 Re: Remote Cisco IOS FTP exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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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