CVE-2012-4858 — IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors

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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors

Published Mar 2, 2013

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.87%

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.87% 0.03867

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

EPSS probability 0.03867

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.87% (0.03867)	89.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.87% (0.03867)	88.79th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.95% (0.01948)	82.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.64% (0.00641)	79.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 20, 2024	0.64% (0.00641)	79.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 21, 2024	0.64% (0.00641)	77.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.91% (0.00907)	80.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (3)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626697
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034373
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79801
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626697		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034373		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79801		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Mar 2, 2013

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 6, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4858

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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