CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6385

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The publish-event feature in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S and 15.5(3)S on Cloud Services Router 1000V devices allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by leveraging administrative access to enter crafted environment variables.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system and potential takeover of the device, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to restrict administrative access to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The publish-event event-manager feature in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S and 15.5(3)S on Cloud Services Router 1000V devices allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by leveraging administrative access to enter crafted environment variables, aka Bug ID CSCux14943.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS