01 Record
CVE-2001-1098
Cisco PIX firewall manager (PFM) 4.3(2)g logs the enable password in plaintext in the pfm.log file, which could allow local users to obtain the password by reading the file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cisco PIX firewall manager (PFM) 4.3(2)g logs the enable password in plaintext in the pfm.log file, which could allow local users to obtain the password by reading the file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-03-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3445aca0299231b818d96eba9ffb481fd8ca9e6144861f087fa0425dddb52c05
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcisco-pfm-plaintext-password(7265)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7265
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#639507http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639507
- www.securityfocus.com3419http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3419
- archives.neohapsis.com20011010 Vulnerability: Cisco PIX Firewall Managerhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0071.html