Cisco Unified Computing System information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Unified Computing System. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-4116. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The fabric-interconnect component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not encrypt KVM media traffic, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently complete the authentication process for a server connection, by sniffing the network, aka Bug ID CSCtr72970.

The weakness was presented 10/19/2013 as CSCtr72970 as confirmed security notice (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4116 since 07/31/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/01/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

See VDB-65324, VDB-65322, VDB-65321 and VDB-65320 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2012 🔍
10/19/2013 +445 days 🔍
10/19/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +521 days 🔍
03/01/2019 +1438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCtr72970
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65323
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 03/01/2019 18:15
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (42), 03/01/2019 18:15 (6)
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