CVE-2006-4312
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4300)
- Published
- August 23, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4300 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / adaptive security appliance
- 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
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21616
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016738
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016739
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016740
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060823-firewall.shtml(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/28143
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19681
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3367
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28540
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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