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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4096

The local file editor in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to gain privileges and modify arbitrary fabric-interconnect files, in the context of a vi process, via unspecified commands,…

MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The local file editor in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to gain privileges and modify arbitrary fabric-interconnect files, in the context of a vi process, via unspecified commands, aka Bug ID CSCtn06574.

CVSS 2.0
6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
EPSS
0.30% probability · 23th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
cisco/unified computing system
Source
psirt@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.30%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.