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CVE-2012-2486

The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation on Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch before 1.9.0, Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint Devices before 1.9.1, Cisco TelePresence Manager before 1.9.0, and Cisco TelePresence Recording Server before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging certain adjacency and sending a malformed CDP packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtz40953, CSCtz40947, CSCtz40965, and CSCtz40953.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-2486 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 15 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco and 12 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-07-12T10:34:42.257

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.5

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	≤ 1.8.3\(9\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.0.4.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.0.4.0\(21\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.0\(254\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.1	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.1\(30\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.2	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.1.2\(6\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.0\(222\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.1	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.1\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.2	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.2\(21\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.3	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.3.12	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.4	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.4\(4\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.5	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.5\(1\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.6	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.5.6\(1\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.0\(108\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.1	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.1\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.2	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.2\(3\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.3	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.3\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.4	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.6.4\(3\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.7.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.7.0.1\(5\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.7.1\(15\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.7.2\(75\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.7.3\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.8.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.8.0\(1026\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.8.1\(1041\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.8.2	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch_software	1.8.2\(2\)	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_multipoint_switch	*	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	≤ 1.9.0.1\(3\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.2.3\(1101\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.3.2\(1393\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.4.7\(2229\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.1\(2082\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.3\(2115\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.10\(3648\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.11\(3659\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.12\(3701\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.5.13\(3717\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.0\(3954\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.2\(4023\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.3\(4042\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.4\(4072\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.5\(4097\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.6\(4109\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.7\(4212\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.6.8\(4222\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.0.1\(4764\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.0.2\(4719\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.1\(4864\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.2\(4937\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.2.1\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.4\(270\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.5\(42\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.7.6\(4\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.8.0\(55\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.8.1\(34\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.8.2\(11\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.8.3\(4\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	1.9.0\(46\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_system_software	4.0.0	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_1300_65	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_3000	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_3010	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_3200	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_3210	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_t3	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_t3	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_tx1300_47	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_tx1310_65	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_tx9000	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	telepresence_system_tx9200	*	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	≤ 1.8.1\(682\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.1.0.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.1.0.0\(209\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.2.0.0	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.2.0.0\(200\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.3.2\(466\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.4.0\(279\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.5.1\(420\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.5.2\(423\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.6.0\(220\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.6.2\(64\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.6.3\(113\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.6.5\(167\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.7.1\(732\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.7.2\(256\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.7.3.1	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.7.4	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.7.5\(62\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_manager	1.8.0\(582\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	≤ 1.8.0\(160\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.6.1\(2\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.6.2\(31\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.6.3\(4\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.7.0\(190\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.7.1\(22\)	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.7.2.1	Yes
Application	cisco	telepresence_recording_server	1.7.3\(3\)	Yes

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cisco's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.