CVE-2007-2586
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 14.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The FTP Server in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.4 does not properly check user authorization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and have other impact including reading startup-config, as demonstrated by a crafted MKD command that involves access to a VTY device and overflows a buffer, aka bug ID CSCek55259.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Cisco IOS 12.3(18) (FTP Server) - Remote (Attached to GDB) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6155remote, hardwarepublished 29 Jul 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.4% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 20070509 Multiple Vulnerabilities in the IOS FTP Server (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 20080729 Remote Cisco IOS FTP exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cisco-ios-ftp-unauthorized-access(34197) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1018030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090120 Re: Remote Cisco IOS FTP exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 35334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-2579 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-2586)Record last updated .