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CVE-2012-4135

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4135 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Cisco NX-OS versions 6.1(2) and earlier. This flaw allows authenticated local users to access arbitrary files by supplying specially crafted command-line arguments during a file deletion operation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local authentication, with a potential impact of unauthorized information disclosure (C:N/I:C/A:N). 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
<= 6.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(2a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(2a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,903 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4135
Vendor Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory