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CVE-2012-4074

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified...

5.8 Medium

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

Exploit likelihood

1.22%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.8

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

Record
CVE-2012-4074
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-255
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

Record
CVE-2012-4074
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4018 No score

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

Record
EUVD-2012-4018
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fmxm-7xp6-gq38 No score

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified...

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

Record
GHSA-fmxm-7xp6-gq38
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-4074 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Cisco Unified Computing System, published September 20, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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