CVE-2012-4078

high

Description

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly handle SSH escape sequences, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass an unspecified authentication step via SSH port forwarding, aka Bug ID CSCtg17656.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87367

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029084

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4078

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-09-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00502