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CVE-2006-0485

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0485 describes a vulnerability in the TCL shell of Cisco IOS versions 12.2(14)S and 12.2(18)S, and other releases prior to January 25, 2006. This flaw allows local users to bypass Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) command authorization checks, enabling them to execute otherwise restricted IOS EXEC commands. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0tCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0xhCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0xkCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0xlCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0xnCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0xn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18613
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24308
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5836
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060125-aaatcl.shtml
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 34892
securityfocus.com / bid/16383
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0337