CVE-2009-2977
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2962)
- Published
- August 27, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2962 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / cs-mars
- cisco / cs-mars
- cisco / cs-mars
- cisco / cs-mars
- cisco / cs-mars
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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