Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-4455
CVE-2009-4455
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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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
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References
6- secunia.com/advisories/37710nvdVendor Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.xnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3577nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/61132nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508530/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
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