CVE-2009-0742

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0742
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-26 16:17:20 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe username command in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 Routers and Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine Appliance stores a cleartext password by default, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Ace 4710 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Application Control Engine Module All All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 6500 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 7600 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module and Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine - Cisco Systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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