CVE-2012-4858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-03-02

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4783	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2013-03-02T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:50:18.180Z

Reserved: 2012-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-03-05T05:02:10.447

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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