CVE-2012-4838

Status: ModifiedLow (1.9)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Base score: 1.9

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 27
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

IBM — Flex System Chassis Management Module IBM — Integrated Management Module II

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

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