CVE-2015-8236 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8236?

CVE-2015-8236 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Arista EOS before 4.11.12, 4.12 before 4.12.11, 4.13 before 4.13.14M, 4.14 before 4.14.5FX.5, and 4.15 before 4.15.0FX1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by leveraging management-plane access, aka Bug 138716.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8236?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arista Eos.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-8236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2017-14491 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-24509 Privilege escalation in Arista EOS Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9m6g-8jcx-cg3c.