Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0561
CVE-2006-0561
Description
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 3.x for Windows stores ACS administrator passwords and the master key in the registry with insecure permissions, which allows local users and remote administrators to decrypt the passwords by using Microsoft's cryptographic API functions to obtain the plaintext version of the master key.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.0.1:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.0.1:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.0.3:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.1.1:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.1:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.2:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.2:*:windows_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_server:3.3:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.x
Patches
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References
9- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060508-acs.shtmlnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433301/100/0/threadednvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16743nvdPatch
- www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-003.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433286/100/0/threadednvdVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/25892nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1741nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26307nvd
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