CVE-2015-6298

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via crafted certificate-generation arguments, aka Bug ID CSCus83445.

La interfaz de administración web en Cisco AsyncOS 8.x en versiones anteriores a 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x y 8.5.x en versiones anteriores a 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x y 8.7.x en versiones anteriores a 8.7.0-171-LD y 8.8.x en versiones anteriores a 8.8.0-085 en dispositivos Web Security Appliance (WSA) permite a usuarios remotos autenticados obtener privilegios root a través de argumentos certificate-generation manipulados, también conocido como Bug ID CSCus83445.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-08-17 CVE Reserved
2015-11-06 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034059	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsa	2016-12-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				8.5.0-497 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "8.5.0-497"		-		Affected