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CVE-2012-4122

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 2013-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Cisco NX-OS: all versions

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

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