CVE-2015-4235
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.0(3o) and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and Nexus 9000 ACI devices with software before 11.0(4o) and 11.1 before 11.1(1j) do not properly restrict access to the APIC filesystem, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via unspecified use of the APIC cluster-management configuration feature, aka Bug IDs CSCuu72094 and CSCuv11991.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.7–9
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affected products (17)
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- cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic)= 1.0(1e)nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_\(apic\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (7)
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- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150722-apiccnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75994cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuv11991Patchcnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150722-apicenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033025enisa_euvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150722-apicVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033025nvd
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