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CVE-2012-4089

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4089 describes a vulnerability in MCTOOLS within the fabric interconnect of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). It allows authenticated local users with shell or debug-level privileges to execute arbitrary Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) commands. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.6, indicating a medium severity due to its local attack vector and the need for authentication, but it grants complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:unified_computing_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.7
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 1,295 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 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/87369
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4089
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1029082
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry