CVE-2004-1464: Cisco IOS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Cisco IOS contains an unspecified vulnerability that may block further telnet, reverse telnet, Remote Shell (RSH), Secure Shell (SSH), and in some cases, Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) access to the Cisco device.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- There is an unspecified vulnerability that may block further access to the Cisco device via various protocols.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Cisco IOS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the critical severity and confirmed exploitation.
- Action
- Users should apply the latest patches for Cisco IOS.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1464
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2004-1464Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 91% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2004-1464 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Cisco IOS Denial-of-Service
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2009-2055: Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2010-3035: Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2018-0180: Cisco IOS Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2017-12232: Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Integrated Services Routers Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2017-12319: Cisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial-of-Servi…cisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2017-12233: Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
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