LOW
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these files
Published Aug 27, 2009
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
Description
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS) 6.0.4 and earlier stores cleartext passwords in log/sysbacktrace.## files within error-logs.tar.gz archives, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.53% 0.00534
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00534
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 43.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 40.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00167) | 35.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 51.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 49.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 47.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtb52450 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505995/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505998/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36098 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2364 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52913 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 27, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2977
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a