CVE-2012-6596

Published: Aug 31, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.

Affected (12)

Products: Paloaltonetworks: Pan Os

Paloaltonetworks

1 product

Pan Os

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.0
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.1
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.2
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.3
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.4
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.5
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.6
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.7
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.0.8
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.1.0
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.1.1
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	Version 4.1.2

Related CWEs

CWE-255

References (2)

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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