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CVE-2012-5424

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
07/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11 and 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7, when a certain configuration involving TACACS+ and LDAP is used, does not properly validate passwords, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a valid username and a crafted password string, aka Bug ID CSCuc65634.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools