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CVE-2012-4075

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified command parameters, aka Bug IDs CSCtf19827 and CSCtf27788.

Affected products

• Cisco NX-OS: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/55196
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4075
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62837
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87668
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55196
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4075
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62837
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87668

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