CVE-2002-1491

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5736

http://www.osvdb.org/7041

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10129.php

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn5k-client-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-04-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00325