CVE-2010-4675
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly determine the interfaces for which TELNET connections should be permitted, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly determine the interfaces for which TELNET connections should be permitted, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving the "lowest security level interface," aka Bug ID CSCsv40504.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.83% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- cisco/adaptive security appliance software · cisco/5500 series adaptive security appliance · cisco/asa 5500
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42931
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64601
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42931
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64601
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.