CVE-2015-0658 describes a critical vulnerability in the DHCP implementation of Cisco NX-OS's PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) feature. This flaw allows remote attackers on the local network to execute arbitrary commands as root by sending specially crafted DHCP response packets during the device's initialization. With a CVSS score of 7.9, this vulnerability carries high severity due to its network-adjacent attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(4a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(4a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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