CVE-2001-1098

LOW 2.1CVE-2001-1098 · Published 10/10/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1098 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting pix firewall manager (cisco).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 40.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pix firewall manager cisco	`= 4.3(2)g`	No fix yet

Description

Cisco PIX firewall manager (PFM) 4.3(2)g logs the enable password in plaintext in the pfm.log file, which could allow local users to obtain the password by reading the file.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0071.html · Exploit
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639507 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/3419
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7265

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