CVE-2006-4312

Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances and ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, when running 7.0(x) up to 7.0(5) and 7.1(x) up to 7.1(2.4), and Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1(x) up to 3.1(1.6), causes the EXEC password, local user passwords, and the enable password to be changed to a "non-random value" under certain circumstances, which causes administrators to be locked out and might allow attackers to gain access.

Published: 2006-08-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4312 is rated Low Risk (35.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4312

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2024-01-16 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4312

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.1 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4312

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4312

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco pix_firewall_501 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_501:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_506 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_506:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_515 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_515:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_515e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_515e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_520 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_520:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_525 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_525:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_535 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_535:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4312

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