CVE-2015-6298
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.017 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (5)
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- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsacnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsaenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034059enisa_euvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsaVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034059nvd
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