CVE-2007-2586
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and have other impact including reading startup-config, as demonstrated by a crafted MKD command that…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and have other impact including reading startup-config, as demonstrated by a crafted MKD command that involves access to a VTY device and overflows a buffer, aka bug ID CSCek55259.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 14.38% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 29 July 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- cisco/ios
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 14.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jan/0183.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25199Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00808399d0.shtmlNot Applicable
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6155Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/35334Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494868Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23885Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018030Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1749Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5036Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jan/0183.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25199Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00808399d0.shtmlNot Applicable
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6155Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/35334Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494868Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23885Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018030Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1749Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5036Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.