Vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os

CVE-2012-4141

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CLI parser in Cisco NX-OS allows local users to create arbitrary script files via a relative pathname in the "file name" parameter, aka Bug IDs CSCua71557 and CSCua71551.

Published 2013-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Nx-Os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

osvdb.org/98122 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/62839 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4141 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1029160 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)