CVE-2009-1155: cisco adaptive_security_appliance_5500 Improper Authentication

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1155 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in cisco adaptive_security_appliance_5500. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-04-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 7.1(1) through 7.1(2)82, 7.2 before 7.2(4)27, 8.0 before 8.0(4)25, and 8.1 before 8.1(2)15, when AAA override-account-disable is entered in a general-attributes field, allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VPN session to an ASA device via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.