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CVE-2012-4838 Details

Description

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) and Integrated Management Module 2 (IMM2) allow local users to obtain sensitive information about (1) local accounts, (2) SSH private keys, (3) SSL/TLS private keys, (4) SNMPv3 communities, and (5) LDAP credentials by leveraging unspecified side effects of service or maintenance activity.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79020	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/myportal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5092001	CVE	Broken Link
https://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/flex_system_chassis_management_module_cmm_and_integrated_management_module_2_imm2_potential_security_vulnerability_with_authentication_data_cve_2012_4838_ibm_flex_system8	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79020	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/myportal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5092001	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/flex_system_chassis_management_module_cmm_and_integrated_management_module_2_imm2_potential_security_vulnerability_with_authentication_data_cve_2012_4838_ibm_flex_system8	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm flex system chassis management module	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_chassis_management_module:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
ibm integrated management module ii	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:ibm:integrated_management_module_ii:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 10, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]