CVE-2015-6385 Command injection in n/a
Local administrators can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on Cisco IOS Cloud Services Router 1000V devices via crafted environment variables.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6385?
CVE-2015-6385 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 1 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The publish-event event-manager feature in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S and 15.5(3)S on Cloud Services Router 1000V devices allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by leveraging administrative access to enter crafted environment variables, aka Bug ID CSCux14943.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6385?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6385?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6385 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-2015-6385 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6385 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-2j8f-gpq9-f2mv.