Cisco NX-OS Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2012-4141)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502795

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CLI parser in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to create arbitrary script files via a relative pathname in the file name parameter, aka Bug IDs CSCua71557 and CSCua71551.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://osvdb.org/98122

http://www.nessus.org/u?499f2678

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62839

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029160

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502795

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: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4141

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4141

CWE: 264