CVE-2012-4092 Auth bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof vCenter identities to read or modify data streams in Cisco UCS management interfaces.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4092?
CVE-2012-4092 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 26 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The management interface in the Central Software component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly validate the identity of vCenter consoles, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or modify an inter-device data stream by spoofing an identity, aka Bug ID CSCtk00683.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4092?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4092?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4092 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2012-4092 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4092 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-pp3m-j9vm-h7hc.