CVE-2015-4235 Privilege escalation in n/a
Remote authenticated users can escalate to root privileges on Cisco APIC and Nexus 9000 ACI devices via the cluster-management configuration feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-4235?
CVE-2015-4235 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 24 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4235?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller \(Apic\), Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4235?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-4235 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4235 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvgq-gww9-5ghc.