CVE-2012-4089

medium
Published 2013-09-24 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.6
VIR risk
6.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4089

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.