# CVE-2015-6335: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can bypass policy restrictions to execute Linux commands as root on Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmwq-5qfw-x847

## What is CVE-2015-6335?

CVE-2015-6335 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The policy implementation in Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center 5.3.1.7, 5.4.0.4, and 6.0.0 for VMware allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended policy restrictions and execute Linux commands as root via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw12839.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6335?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Firesight System Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-6335?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6335 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-6335 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-6394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6394/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2016-6417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6417/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-1394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1394/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2017-6766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6766/): Security feature bypass in Cisco Firepower System Software (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2016-9193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9193/): Security feature bypass in Cisco FireSIGHT (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6335 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-6335 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6335 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-2015-6335/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6335/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6335
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6335
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6335

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6335/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.