CVE-2012-4092 — The management interface in the Central Software component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly validate the identity of vCenter consoles, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or modify an inter-device data stream by spoofing an identity, aka Bug ID CSCtk00683

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The management interface in the Central Software component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly validate the identity of vCenter consoles, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or modify an inter-device data stream by spoofing an identity, aka Bug ID CSCtk00683

Published Sep 26, 2013

5.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.84%

Description

The management interface in the Central Software component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly validate the identity of vCenter consoles, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or modify an inter-device data stream by spoofing an identity, aka Bug ID CSCtk00683.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.84% 0.00839

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00839

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.84% (0.00839)	56.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.84% (0.00839)	52.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.26% (0.00255)	46.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.14% (0.00135)	50.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 19, 2024	0.14% (0.00135)	49.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.14% (0.00135)	47.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

http://secunia.com/advisories/55034
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4092
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/55034		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4092		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Sep 26, 2013

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 31, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4092

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4092

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4092