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CVE-2011-3289

Status: ModifiedLow (3.6)—
Severity3.6Low · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.35 %higher than 27% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the No Service Password-Recovery feature and read the start-up configuration via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCtr97640.

CVSS

Base score
3.6
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.35 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
27
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Cisco — IOS

CWEs

References

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