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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…
High7.2EPSS 0.37%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 16743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060508 Response to Symantec SYMSA-2006-003 Cisco Secure ACS for Windows - Administrator Password Disclosure (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- cisco-acs-admin-password-disclosure(26307) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060508 SYMSA-2006-003: Cisco Secure ACS for Windows - Administrator Password Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060508 Re: SYMSA-2006-003: Cisco Secure ACS for Windows - Administrator Password Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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