# CVE-2015-1460: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote attackers can gain elevated privileges on Huawei Quidway switches by sending a crafted packet, requiring firmware updates to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Feb 2015
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-83v8-g5cj-f4m7

## What is CVE-2015-1460?

CVE-2015-1460 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Huawei Quidway switches with firmware before V200R005C00SPC300 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Quidway Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-1460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1460 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2015-1460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1460

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