CVE-2006-0485

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

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.

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Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

LOW

Confidence

Not available

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. 1015543 ↗
2. oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5836 ↗
3. 34892 ↗
4. 18613 ↗
5. ADV-2006-0337 ↗
6. 20060125 Response to AAA Command Authorization by-pass ↗
7. 16383 ↗
8. cisco-aaa-tcl-auth-bypass(24308) ↗

Record history

Published Feb 1, 2006 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026