CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1776

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Cisco IOS 12.1(3) and 12.1(3)T allows remote attackers to read and modify device configuration via the default DOCSIS read-write community string.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take control of the network device by altering its configuration, leading to network integrity and confidentiality breaches.

Recommendation

Change the default DOCSIS community string to a unique, strong key and restrict access to management interfaces using access control lists (ACLs).

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cisco IOS 12.1(3) and 12.1(3)T allows remote attackers to read and modify device configuration data via the cable-docsis read-write community string used by the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS