CVE-2012-5424 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11 and 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7. Specifically, when configured with TACACS+ and LDAP, the system fails to properly validate passwords, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication with a valid username and a crafted password. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, with a potential impact of partial confidentiality compromise. There is no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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