# CVE-2013-1215: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can escalate privileges on Cisco ASA devices via the Easy VPN component, requiring vendor patches.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6fcc-v5x4-p8hr

## What is CVE-2013-1215?

CVE-2013-1215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 25 Apr 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The vpnclient program in the Easy VPN component on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5505 devices allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuf85295.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1215?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Asa 5500.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-1215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-1215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance

- [CVE-2012-0358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0358/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-4661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4661/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-4675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4675/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-4680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4680/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2011-3298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3298/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-1215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-1215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 25 Apr 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1215/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.