Cisco IOS Password Vulnerability

An exploitation of weak encryption that allows programming code to take an encrypted Cisco IOS type 7 password and compute the plaintext password.

Exploit Details

  • Name: Cisco IOS type 7 password vulnerability

  • Variants: Riku Meskanen’s Perl version, ios7decrypt.pl; SPHiXe’s C version, ciscocrack.c; BigDog’s Psion 3/5 OPL version, cisco.opl; Boson’s Windows GetPass! v1.1

  • Operating System: All Cisco router IOS software

  • Protocols/Services: Not applicable

  • Written by: Lee Massey

This vulnerability does not use a particular protocol or service. This vulnerability is not protocol related, but rather an exploitation of weak encryption.

What Is Cisco IOS?

Cisco IOS stands for Cisco Internetworking O perating S ystem ...

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