CVE-2002-1491: Cisco VPN 5000 Client

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Cisco VPN 5000 Client for MacOS before 5.2.2 records the most recently used login password in plaintext when saving "Default Connection" settings, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Cisco VPN 5000 Client: version 5.1.2 only; version 5.2.1 only

Published 2003-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.