CVE-2012-6596

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 31, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-6596: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix