CVE-2006-4950

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 before 20060920, as used by Cisco IAD2430, IAD2431, and IAD2432 Integrated Access Devices, the VG224 Analog Phone Gateway, and the MWR 1900 and 1941 Mobile Wireless Edge Routers, is incorrectly identified as supporting DOCSIS, which allows remote attackers to gain read-write access via a hard-coded cable-docsis community string and read or modify arbitrary SNMP variables.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.39% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016899	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3722	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5665	signature vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123140	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-docsis.shtml	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29054	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21974	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29034	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20125	patch vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4950?: CVE-2006-4950 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4950?: To fix CVE-2006-4950, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4950 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4950 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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