VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-5424

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-11-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references