CVE-2009-2977

Cisco CS-MARS <= 6.0.4 - Cleartext Password Exposure in Error Log Archives

Title source: llm

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 context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0053

EPSS Percentile 41.9%

Details

CWE

CWE-310

Status published

Products (5)

cisco/cs-mars 4.1

cisco/cs-mars 4.1.2

cisco/cs-mars 4.1.3

cisco/cs-mars 4.1.5

cisco/cs-mars < 6.0.4

Published Aug 27, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026