What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-4235?

CVE-2015-4235 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.0 (Critical). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.7%.

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Apic CVE-2015-4235

CRITICAL

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2015-07-24 psirt@cisco.com

Cisco Privilege Escalation Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Apic Nx Os

9.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.0 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 24, 2015 - 14:59 cve.org

CRITICAL 9.0

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

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). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. 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. Affected products include: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller \(Apic\), Cisco Nx-Os. Version information: before 1.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.