CVE-2008-1246 (GCVE-0-2008-1246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-10 17:00 – Updated: 2025-01-17 15:14 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
The Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System 7.1 and 7.2 allows local users to gain privileges by entering characters at the enable prompt, erasing these characters via the Backspace key, and then holding down the Backspace key for one second after erasing the final character. NOTE: third parties, including one who works for the vendor, have been unable to reproduce the flaw unless the enable password is blank
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-17 15:14 UTC
CWE
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2175 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2008-02-29 00:00
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