Description
The default configuration of Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance (Cisco ASA) 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 allows portal traffic to access arbitrary backend servers, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and access unauthorized web sites via a crafted URL obfuscated with ROT13 and a certain encoding. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a vulnerability related to lack of restrictions to URLs listed in the Cisco WebVPN bookmark component, but the vendor states that "The bookmark feature is not a security feature."
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:SAuthenticationSingle
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://osvdb.org/61132
osvdb.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37710
secunia.com
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=19609
tools.cisco.com
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Timeline
Published
Dec 29, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026
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