VDB-65036 · CVE-2012-4088 · SA54682

Cisco Unified Computing System User Account credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component User Account. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-4088. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The FTP server in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) has a hardcoded password for an unspecified user account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to read or modify files by leveraging knowledge of this password, aka Bug ID CSCtg20769.

The weakness was released 09/26/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4088 since 07/31/2012. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/07/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA54682†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-65037 and VDB-65035. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

07/31/2012 🔍
09/26/2013 +422 days 🔍
09/26/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +544 days 🔍
01/07/2022 +2481 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65036
Secunia: 54682
SecurityTracker: 1029102

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/07/2022 22:54
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (46), 02/23/2018 09:05 (2), 01/07/2022 22:54 (3)
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