# CVE-2015-4232: Command injection in n/a

> Local users can execute arbitrary OS commands on Cisco Nexus and MDS devices via crafted CLI tar parameters, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** 3 Jul 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3hq6-jjwr-fjv7

## What is CVE-2015-4232?

CVE-2015-4232 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 3 Jul 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco NX-OS 6.2(10) on Nexus and MDS 9000 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands by entering crafted tar parameters in the CLI, aka Bug ID CSCus44856.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4232?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nx-Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-4232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-4232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os

- [CVE-2024-20399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20399/): Cisco NX-OS Command Injection (medium 6.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-1361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1361/): Cisco NX-OS Software Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Actions Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0301/): Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1453/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1341/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-4232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-4232 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 3 Jul 2015. 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-2015-4232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nx-Os. 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-2015-4232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4232/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-4232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4232/
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