Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 Routers before A2(1.2) and Cisc
Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 Routers before A2(1.2) and Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine Appliance before A1(8a) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary operating-system commands through a command line interface (CLI).
- Published
- Feb 26, 2009
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 73th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
36
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 36 / 40 · 9.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | application control engine module | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:application_control_engine_module |
| cisco | catalyst 6500 | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500 |
| cisco | catalyst 7600 | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_7600 |
| cisco | ace 4710 | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_4710 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cisco ace 4710all versions
- cisco application control engine moduleup to 1.1 inclusive
- cisco application control engine module1.0
Same product
cisco: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2009-0742The username command in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 Routers and Cisco ACE 4710 Applicati31Monitor
- CVE-2009-0624Unspecified vulnerability in the SNMPv2c implementation in Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module for Catalyst 6500 Switches and 7600 R27Monitor
- CVE-2012-3919The Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module 3.0 for Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco routers does not properly monitor Load Balancer 20Monitor
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)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a7bc82.shtml
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33900
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.