SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-6596

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.31%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.31% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.