CVE-2003-0512
N/A
Published: July 29, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCHVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0056.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030724-ios-enum.shtmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886796x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vigilante.com/inetsecurity/advisories/VIGILANTE-2003002.htmVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5824Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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