Is CVE-2012-4135 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4135 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4135?

CVE-2012-4135 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-4135

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in filesys in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2) and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary files via crafted command-line arguments during a delete action, aka Bug IDs CSCty07270, CSCty07271, CSCty07273, and CSCty07275.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 0.5% (39th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4079)
Published: December 21, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4079 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch Series with ACI mode, APIC 6.1(2g) and NX-OS software-ACI 16.1(2g) - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria NSCIB-CC-2400067-01-CR - active
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch w/2000 Series Fabric Extenders running s/w NX-OS v5.0(3)N1(1c), and Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) running s/w v5.2 patch 3 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10384-2011 - archived
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch running Software version NX-OS version 5.1(a) and Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) running version 5.2 patch 3 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10349-2011 - archived

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4135(Vendor Advisory)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32237(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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