CVE-2006-0561
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
weaknesses
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- cisco secure access control server= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco secure access control server= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016042enisa_euvd
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/25892enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743enisa_euvd
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741enisa_euvd
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