Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0742 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Cisco ACE 4710 and Application Control Engine Module
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The username command in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 Routers and Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine Appliance stores a cleartext password by default, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information. Note that CVE-2009-0742 is not referenced on the vendor advisory page at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a7bc82.shtml
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.