CVE-2012-4076

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command that calls the system library function, aka Bug IDs CSCtf23559 and CSCtf27780.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/98126
http://secunia.com/advisories/55205
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4076
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62848
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87678
http://osvdb.org/98126
http://secunia.com/advisories/55205
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4076
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62848
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87678

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