Jason, a SOC Analyst with Maximus Tech, was investigating Cisco ASA Firewall logs and came...

In the context of Cisco ASA Firewall logs, messages are categorized into different severity levels ranging from 0 (emergencies) to 7 (debugging messages). The log entry mentioned specifies a severity level of 5, denoted by "-5-" in the log entry. According to Cisco's documentation, a severity level of 5 corresponds to a "Notification" level, which indicates a warning condition message. These messages are significant and highlight conditions that could potentially lead to more severe problems if not addressed. The execution of the 'configure term' command by 'enable_15' user, as noted in the log, is an example of a notable event that warrants attention, hence categorized under this severity level.

References:

"Cisco ASA Series Syslog Messages", Cisco Systems, Inc.

"Understanding Logging Levels in Cisco ASA Security Appliances", Cisco Community.