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
Published May 9, 2006
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.3
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 12.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016042 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25892 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txt x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26307 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016042 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/25892 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txt | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26307 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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