{"id":"CVE-2012-5424","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5424","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:50.760Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2012-11-07T23:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:46:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["cisco/secure access control server"],"epss":{"score":0.02452,"percentile":0.84283,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/87251","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51194","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/87251","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51194","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56433","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027733","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5424","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}