CVE-2015-4282 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) versions through 8.0.120.7. The flaw stems from weak permissions on certain binary files, allowing a local attacker to write to a file and gain root privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, though it did receive limited media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:5.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:5.2_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:6.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:7.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4.100.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:7.4.100.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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