CVE-2012-4122 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS, allowing authenticated local users to bypass access restrictions and manipulate arbitrary files through shell output redirection. With a CVSS score of 6.2, this vulnerability has high impact on integrity and availability, requiring local access and user authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
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