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CVE-2009-2977
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.##…
Low3.3EPSS 0.53%
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- mitre
Description
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 36098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20090821 Re: Clear Text Storage of Password in CS-MARS v6.0.4 and Earlier (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- csmars-sysbacktrace-info-disclosure(52913) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090821 Clear Text Storage of Password in CS-MARS v6.0.4 and Earlier (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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