# CVE-2006-0485: The TCL shell in Cisco IOS 12.2(14)S before 12.2(14)S16, 12.2(18)S before 12.2(18)S11, and certain other releases before 25 January 2006 doe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-02-01 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The TCL shell in Cisco IOS 12.2(14)S before 12.2(14)S16, 12.2(18)S before 12.2(18)S11, and certain other releases before 25 January 2006 does not perform Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) command authorization checks, which may allow local users to execute IOS EXEC commands that were prohibited via the AAA configuration, aka Bug ID CSCeh73049.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015543
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5836
- http://www.osvdb.org/34892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18613
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0337
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060125-aaatcl.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16383
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24308

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