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CVE-2012-4078

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4078 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass an unspecified authentication step through SSH port forwarding, leveraging improper handling of SSH escape sequences. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0\(2k\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:1.0\(2k\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:1.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1\(1m\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:1.1\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:1.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0354 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,160 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/87367
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4078
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1029084
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry