CVE-2006-3287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) for Linux and Windows 4.0(1) and earlier uses a default administrator username "root" and password "public," which allows remote attackers to gain access (aka bug CSCse21391).

Published: 2006-06-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.4% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wireless_control_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-3284	Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) for Linux and Windows 4.0(1) and earlier uses a default administrator username "root" and password "public," which allows remote attackers to gain access (aka bug CSCse21391).

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 Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01393.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20870
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016398
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060628-wcs.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/26882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18701
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2583
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27439

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Wireless Control System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-28T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:23:21.187Z

Reserved: 2006-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3287

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-28T23:05:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3287

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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