CVE-2006-4982 (GCVE-0-2006-4982)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-26 01:43 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:32
VLAI
Summary
Cisco NAC maintains an exception list that does not record device properties other than MAC address, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by spoofing the MAC address of a different type of device, as demonstrated by using the MAC address of a disconnected printer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446421/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.insightix.com/files/pdf/Bypassing_NAC_… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.osvdb.org/30978 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2006-09-19 00:00
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