CVE-2012-5424

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11 and 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7, when a certain configuration involving TACACS+ and LDAP is used, does not properly validate passwords, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a valid username and a crafted password string, aka Bug ID CSCuc65634.

Affected products

Cisco Secure Access Control Server: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/87251
http://secunia.com/advisories/51194
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860
http://osvdb.org/87251
http://secunia.com/advisories/51194
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860

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