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CVE-2002-0848

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco VPN 5000 series concentrator hardware 6.0.21.0002 and earlier, and 5.2.23.0003 and earlier, when using RADIUS with a challenge type of Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge, sends the user password in cleartext in a validation retry request, which could allow remote attackers to steal passwords via sniffing.

Affected products

• Cisco Vpn 5000 Concentrator Series Software: from 5.2.14 through 5.2.23.0003; from 6.0.15 through 6.0.21.0002

References

• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-radius-pap-vuln-pub.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9781.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5417

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