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CVE-2012-4073
The KVM subsystem in the client in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows…
Medium5.8EPSS 0.60%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
The KVM subsystem in the client in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, and read or modify KVM data, via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCte90332.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 1029068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20130917 Cisco Unified Computing System Software KVM Client Certificate Validation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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