CVE-2011-3289 — Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the No Service Password-Recovery feature and read the start-up configuration via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCtr97640

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Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the No Service Password-Recovery feature and read the start-up configuration via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCtr97640

Published May 2, 2012

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the No Service Password-Recovery feature and read the start-up configuration via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCtr97640.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00346

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00346

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.35% (0.00346)	25.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00346)	26.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00077)	20.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 4, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 27, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00045)	12.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_1/release/notes/151-2TCAVS.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027005
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_1/release/notes/151-2TCAVS.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027005		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published May 2, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 29, 2011

Link CVE-2011-3289

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2011-3289

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2011-3289