CVE-2008-1246
The Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System 7.1 and 7.2 allows local users to gain privileges by entering characters at the enable prompt,…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Cisco PIX/ASA Finesse Operation System 7.1 and 7.2 allows local users to gain privileges by entering characters at the enable prompt, erasing these characters via the Backspace key, and then holding down the Backspace key for one second after erasing the final character. NOTE: third parties, including one who works for the vendor, have been unable to reproduce the flaw unless the enable password is blank
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20080301 The Router Hacking Challenge is Over! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080124 Re: PIX Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27457 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080205 Re: Re: PIX Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080125 Re: Re: PIX Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cisco-pixasa-privilege-escalation(41129) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://hackathology.blogspot.com/2008/01/pixasa-finesse-71-72-privilege.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080124 PIX Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-1254 (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-2008-1246)Record last updated .