PT-2013-1630 · Cisco · Cisco Nx-Os+1

Published 2013-10-05 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-4090

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS versions (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability exists in the management interface of Cisco NX-OS, allowing remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive configuration-file information. This issue is due to improper sanitization of configuration files that can be viewed by users assigned to the network-operator role. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the Cisco NX-OS management interface as a network-operator, potentially allowing them to view sensitive information in the Cisco NX-OS configuration files. The attacker requires authenticated access to the targeted system, which may limit the likelihood of a successful exploit.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4090

Affected Products

Cisco Nx-Os

Cisco Nexus

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4090 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4090 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87670 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/62841 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55206 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1029158 · Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/Cisco-SA-20131007-CVE-2012-4090 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/98123 · Note