Buffer overflow in a certain driver in Cisco Security Agent 4.5.1 before 4.5.1.672, 5.0 before 5.0.0.225, 5.1 before 5.1.0.106, and 5.2 befo
Buffer overflow in a certain driver in Cisco Security Agent 4.5.1 before 4.5.1.672, 5.0 before 5.0.0.225, 5.1 before 5.1.0.106, and 5.2 before 5.2.0.238 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SMB packet in a TCP session on port (1) 139 or (2) 445.
- Published
- Dec 14, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 6.4% · 93th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Action score
42
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 6.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | security agent | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cisco security agent2.1
- cisco security agent3
- cisco security agent4.0
- cisco security agent4.0.1
- cisco security agent4.0.2
- cisco security agent4.0.3
- cisco security agent4.0.3.728
- cisco security agent4.5
- cisco security agent4.5.1
- cisco security agent4.5.1.639
- cisco security agent4.5.1.657
- cisco security agent4.5.1.659
- cisco security agent5.0
- cisco security agent5.0.0.201
- cisco security agent5.0.193
- cisco security agent5.1
- cisco security agent5.1.79
- cisco security agent5.2
Same product
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- CVE-2010-0148Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Security Agent 5.2 before 5.2.0.285, when running on Linux, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of 32Monitor
- CVE-2006-5553Cisco Security Agent (CSA) for Linux 4.5 before 4.5.1.657 and 5.0 before 5.0.0.193, as used by Unified CallManager (CUCM) and Unified Presen32Monitor
- CVE-2010-0146Directory traversal vulnerability in the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary28Monitor
- CVE-2005-3886Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 4.5.0 and 4.5.1 agents, when running on Windows systems, allows local users to bypas28Monitor
- CVE-2010-0147SQL injection vulnerability in the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.1 before 5.1.0.117, 5.2 before 5.2.0.296, and 6.0 before 6.26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- osvdb.org/39521
- secunia.com/advisories/27947
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3425
- tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsl00618
- www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a008090a434.shtml
- www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0702.htm
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484669/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26723
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1019046
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4103
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.