CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0181

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Cisco CS-MARS before version 4.1.3 contains an undocumented administrative account with a default password. A local user can exploit the expert command to gain elevated privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves unauthorized privilege escalation by a local user, potentially leading to full compromise of the security monitoring system.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade Cisco CS-MARS to version 4.1.3 or later, which removes this undocumented account.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) before 4.1.3 has an undocumented administrative account with a default password, which allows local users to gain privileges via the expert command.

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