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CVE-2012-4078

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly handle SSH escape sequences, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass an unspecified authentication step via SSH port forwarding, aka Bug ID CSCtg17656.

Published

2013-09-24T10:35:51.783

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cisco	unified_computing_system	1.0\(2k\)	Yes
Application	cisco	unified_computing_system	1.0_base	Yes
Application	cisco	unified_computing_system	1.1\(1m\)	Yes
Application	cisco	unified_computing_system	1.1_base	Yes

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4078 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87367 ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4078 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87367 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)