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CVE-2012-4122

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.2 · Improper input validation
6.2CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.