CVE-2003-1096 describes a critical vulnerability in the Cisco LEAP authentication mechanism, where its password handling is susceptible to dictionary attacks. This flaw allows remote attackers to easily gain unauthorized privileges through brute-force password guessing. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-23212) exists for password disclosure, indicating public exploit code availability, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.