CVE-2002-1554

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in the image database for the TCC, TCC+ or XTC, which could allow attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the passwords from the image database or a backup.

Affected products

Cisco Optical Networking Systems Software: 3.0, 3.1.0, 3.2, 3.2.0, 3.3.0

References

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ons-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10506.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6078
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ons-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10506.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6078

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