CVE-2002-1491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Cisco VPN 5000 Client for MacOS before 5.2.2 records the most recently used login password in plaintext when saving "Default Connection" settings, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_5000_client:5.1.2::macos:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_5000_client:5.2.1::macos:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1474	The Cisco VPN 5000 Client for MacOS before 5.2.2 records the most recently used login password in plaintext when saving "Default Connection" settings, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00711.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-client-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10129.php
http://www.osvdb.org/7041
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5736

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Vpn 5000 Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.702Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1491

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1491

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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