Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1.0.79 LDAP security check

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1.0.79 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component LDAP Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to security check. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-5660. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1.0.79 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component LDAP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a security check vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-358. The product does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or technique. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Security Agent Management Center (CSAMC) 5.1 before 5.1.0.79 does not properly handle certain LDAP error messages, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements via an empty password when using an external LDAP server.

The bug was discovered 11/01/2006. The weakness was published 11/02/2006 by Agent with Cisco (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5660 since 11/02/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1211 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29955), SecurityFocus (BID 20852†), OSVDB (30169†), Secunia (SA22684†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017148†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Security check
CWE: CWE-358
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Patch: cisco.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Agent
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2650
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X-Force: 29955 - Cisco Security Agent Management Center authentication bypass, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 20852 - Cisco Security Agent Management Center Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 22684 - Cisco Security Agent LDAP Authentication Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 30169 - Cisco Security Agent Management Center (CSAMC) LDAP Authentication Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1017148
Vulnerability Center: 13058 - [cisco-sa-20061101-csamc] Cisco Security Agent Management Center Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4308

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2006 09:40
Updated: 04/26/2026 03:04
Changes: 11/06/2006 09:40 (86), 07/10/2019 16:12 (1), 11/25/2024 03:53 (17), 04/26/2026 03:04 (1)
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