# CVE-2007-4786: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can obtain cleartext passwords from syslog messages generated by the test aaa command when AAA is enabled on Cisco ASA devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2007
- **Updated:** 17 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7h7-w765-g2ff

## What is CVE-2007-4786?

CVE-2007-4786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, published on 10 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) running PIX 7.0 before 7.0.7.1, 7.1 before 7.1.2.61, 7.2 before 7.2.2.34, and 8.0 before 8.0.2.11, when AAA is enabled, composes %ASA-5-111008 messages from the "test aaa" command with cleartext passwords and sends them over the network to a remote syslog server or places them in a local logging buffer, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4786?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-4786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-4786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

- [CVE-2025-20333](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20333/): Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Buffer Overflow (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-6366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6366/): Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SNMP Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-20349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20349/): Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-20353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20353/): Cisco ASA and FTD Denial of Service (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-6367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6367/): Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4786 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-4786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, published on 10 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software. 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-2007-4786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4786/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4786
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4786
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4786

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.