CVE-2012-4131 — 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

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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

Published Dec 21, 2013

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.72%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.72% 0.00719

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

EPSS probability 0.00719

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.72% (0.00719)	52.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.72% (0.00719)	48.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00033)	6.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.18% (0.00182)	56.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 26, 2024	0.18% (0.00182)	54.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 3, 2023	0.06% (0.00063)	26.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 17, 2023	0.04% (0.00045)	12.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	7.98th	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-22

Path Traversal

References (1)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4131
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4131		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Dec 21, 2013

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 31, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4131

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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