CVE-2012-5424

medium Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 37% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: November 7, 2012 (4935 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

cisco secure access control server

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 tools.cisco.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com