CVE-2003-0512
Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier generates a "% Login invalid" message instead of prompting for a password when an invalid username is provided, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames on the system and conduct brute force password guessing, as reported for the Aironet Bridge.
- EPSS
- 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-310
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- cisco:ios
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0056.html
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030724-ios-enum.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886796
- http://www.vigilante.com/inetsecurity/advisories/VIGILANTE-2003002.htm
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5824