VulnerabilityModified
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,…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.20% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- cisco/ios
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0056.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030724-ios-enum.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886796US Government Resource
- http://www.vigilante.com/inetsecurity/advisories/VIGILANTE-2003002.htm
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5824
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0056.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030724-ios-enum.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886796US Government Resource
- http://www.vigilante.com/inetsecurity/advisories/VIGILANTE-2003002.htm
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5824
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.