CVE-2012-4082 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Cisco Management Controller (MCTools) within Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Fabric Interconnect devices. An authenticated local attacker can exploit this flaw by providing specially crafted command-line parameters to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and authentication. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received no significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:unified_computing_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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