CVE-2003-0512 — Improper Control of Interaction Frequency in Cisco IOS
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 27
Latest updateApr 29
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 vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9