CVE-2006-0561
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 3.x for Windows stores ACS administrator passwords and the master key in the registry with insecure permissions, which allows local users and remote administrators to decrypt the passwords by using Microsoft's…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 3.x for Windows stores ACS administrator passwords and the master key in the registry with insecure permissions, which allows local users and remote administrators to decrypt the passwords by using Microsoft's cryptographic API functions to obtain the plaintext version of the master key.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cisco/secure access control server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016042Patch
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtmlPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threadedVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threadedPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743Patch
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26307
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016042Patch
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtmlPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threadedVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threadedPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743Patch
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26307
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.