CVE-2012-5424

no score yetEPSS 2.5%

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.

EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2012-11-07
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

cisco:secure_access_control_server

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

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