CVE-2000-0955 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco Virtual Central Office 4000 (VCO/4K) where weak encryption is used to store usernames and passwords within the SNMP MIB. An attacker with knowledge of the community name can easily crack these credentials, potentially gaining unauthorized privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low access complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20372) exists for remote username and password retrieval, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:virtual_central_office_4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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