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CVE-2012-4089
MCTOOLS in the fabric interconnect in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to execute arbitrary Baseboard Management…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.32%
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- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
MCTOOLS in the fabric interconnect in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to execute arbitrary Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) commands by leveraging (1) local, (2) shell-level, or (3) debug-level privileges at the operating-system layer, aka Bug ID CSCtg76239.
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 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% 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 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 1029082 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- cisco-ucs-cve20124089-command-exec(87369) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20130923 Cisco Unified Computing System Baseboard Management Controller Arbitrary Command Execution 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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