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CVE-2012-4131
Directory traversal vulnerability in tar in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to access arbitrary files via crafted command-line arguments,…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.72%
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- Updated
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- cisco
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in tar in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to access arbitrary files via crafted command-line arguments, aka Bug IDs CSCty07157, CSCty07159, CSCty07162, and CSCty07164.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (1)
- 20131219 Cisco NX-OS Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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