CVE-2008-1246 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System versions 7.1 and 7.2. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by manipulating characters at the enable prompt, specifically by backspacing and holding the key, though reproduction is difficult unless the enable password is blank. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and local access required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_asa_finesse_operation_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_asa_finesse_operation_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.