{"id":"CVE-2012-4075","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4075","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:12.532Z","title":"Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified command parameters, aka Bug IDs CSCtf19827 and CSCtf27788.","description":"Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified command parameters, aka Bug IDs CSCtf19827 and CSCtf27788.","published":"2013-10-05T10:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:44:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["cisco/nx-os"],"epss":{"score":0.00451,"percentile":0.38912,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55196","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4075","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62837","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87668","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55196","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4075","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62837","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87668","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4075","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}