Title: Cisco Catalyst Enable Password Bypass Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
Under certain versions of the Cisco Catalyst a user who already has access to the device can elevate their current access to 'enable' mode without a password. Once 'enable' mode is obtained the user can access the configuration mode and commit unauthorized configuration changes on a Catalyst switch.
This can be done either from the console itself or via a remote Telnet session.
Affected Products:
- Cisco Catalyst 4000 5.4.1
- Cisco Catalyst 5000 5.4.1
- Cisco Catalyst 5500 5.4.1
- Cisco Catalyst 6000 5.4.1
- Cisco Catalyst 6500 5.4.1
References:
- Cisco Systems: Cisco Product Security Incident Response
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