CVE-2012-4141 (GCVE-0-2012-4141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-05 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CLI parser in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to create arbitrary script files via a relative pathname in the "file name" parameter, aka Bug IDs CSCua71557 and CSCua71551.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/98122 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62839 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029160 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2013-10-04 00:00
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