CVE-2015-6298 Command injection in n/a
Authenticated users can gain root privileges on Cisco WSA devices via crafted certificate-generation arguments in the admin interface.
- 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-2015-6298?
CVE-2015-6298 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 6 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via crafted certificate-generation arguments, aka Bug ID CSCus83445.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2015-6298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance
- CVE-2019-1817 Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0410 Denial of service in AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances
- CVE-2015-6292 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2015-6293 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2018-0353 Security feature bypass in Cisco Web Security Appliance unknown
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrmr-gjhm-hc4x.