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Cisco NX-OS Improper Input Validation (CVE-2012-4076)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502760

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://osvdb.org/98126

http://secunia.com/advisories/55205

http://www.nessus.org/u?725b7e92

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62848

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87678

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502760

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4076

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:-

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4076

CWE: 20