# CVE-2007-0960: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can gain privileges on Cisco PIX and ASA appliances when LOCAL authentication is configured.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8cxh-mfqx-j4v2

## What is CVE-2007-0960?

CVE-2007-0960 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5500, published on 16 Feb 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco PIX 500 and ASA 5500 Series Security Appliances 7.2.2, when configured to use the LOCAL authentication method, allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0960?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Asa 5500, Cisco Pix Firewall Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-0960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Asa 5500

- [CVE-2010-0149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0149/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2010-0150](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0150/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2010-0565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0565/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2010-0569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0569/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2007-0959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0959/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0960 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0960 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5500, published on 16 Feb 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Asa 5500. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0960/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0960
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0960
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0960

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0960/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.