CVE-2001-1098 describes a vulnerability in Cisco PIX Firewall Manager (PFM) version 4.3(2)g, where the enable password is logged in plaintext within the pfm.log file. This flaw allows local attackers to easily retrieve the password by accessing the log file. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3\(2\)gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:pix_firewall_manager:4.3\(2\)g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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