CVE-2012-4858

critical
Published 2013-03-05 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmcognos_business_intelligence8.4.1
ibm ibmcognos_business_intelligence10.1
ibm ibmcognos_business_intelligence10.1.1
ibm ibmcognos_business_intelligence10.2

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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