CVE-2009-2977

high

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00167