CVE-2012-4082 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects by injecting crafted command-line parameters into MCTools.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4082?
CVE-2012-4082 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 20 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MCTools in the Cisco Management Controller in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to gain privileges by entering crafted command-line parameters on a Fabric Interconnect device, aka Bug ID CSCtg20749.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4082?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4082?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4082 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2012-4082 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4082 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System
- CVE-2026-20200 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Argument Injection and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-20094 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0430 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0431 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2012-4078 Auth bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrvr-9vrm-8659.