CVE-2012-4076 (GCVE-0-2012-4076)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-14 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
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Summary
Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command that calls the system library function, aka Bug IDs CSCtf23559 and CSCtf27780.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://osvdb.org/98126 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/55205 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62848 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2013-10-04 00:00
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