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CVE-2006-4312

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4312 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco PIX 500 Series and ASA 5500 Series appliances, as well as Firewall Services Module (FWSM) versions, where certain conditions could cause EXEC, local user, and enable passwords to be reset to a non-random value. This flaw could lock out legitimate administrators and potentially grant unauthorized access to attackers. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it represents a high-impact local vulnerability (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) allowing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_501:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_506:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_515:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_515e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_firewall_520:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/21616
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28540
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060823-firewall.shtml
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 28143
securityfocus.com / bid/19681
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3367