CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-4312

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2006-08-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• cisco pix firewall 501 • cisco pix firewall 506 • cisco pix firewall 515 • cisco pix firewall 515e • cisco pix firewall 520 • cisco pix firewall 525 • cisco pix firewall 535 • cisco pix firewall software 6.3 • cisco adaptive security appliance

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