01 Record
CVE-2009-2977
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows
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
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.8% 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
- 2009-08-27 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 459e64326b1f6db2ff0baf38c93192526de90e42720e2ce384946277bb923cf9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com36098http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2364http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364
- www.securityfocus.com20090821 Re: Clear Text Storage of Password in CS-MARS v6.0.4 and Earlierhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded
- tools.cisco.comhttp://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcsmars-sysbacktrace-info-disclosure(52913)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913
- www.securityfocus.com20090821 Clear Text Storage of Password in CS-MARS v6.0.4 and Earlierhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded