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Cisco Web Security Appliance Static Credentials Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in AsyncOS for the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to log in to the device with the privileges of a limited user or an unauthenticated, remote attacker to authenticate to certain areas of the web GUI.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to a user account that has a default and static password. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected system using this default account.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.