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CVE-2003-0512: cisco ios Cryptographic Issues

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 29-07-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0512 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in cisco ios. EPSS estimates a 3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier generates a "% Login invalid" message instead of prompting for a password when an invalid username is provided, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames on the system and conduct brute force password guessing, as reported for the Aironet Bridge.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.20% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • ios12.0\(24\)s1 | 12.0\(24.2\)s | 12.2\(11\)ja1 | 12.2\(14.5\) | 12.2\(14.5\)t | 12.2\(15\)zn | 12.2\(15.1\)s | 12.2\(16\)b | 12.2\(16.1\)b

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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