CVE-2012-4122
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
Description
The CLI parser in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions, and overwrite or create arbitrary files, via shell output redirection, aka Bug IDs CSCts56672 and CSCts56669.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://osvdb.org/98121
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4122
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62843
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87672
- http://osvdb.org/98121
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4122
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62843
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87672
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.