CVE-2015-4185 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco IOS 15.2, specifically within the TCL interpreter. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by initiating a session immediately after a TCL script execution, leveraging improper maintenance of the vty state to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity with local access and medium attack complexity, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.2\(4\)m6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(4\)m6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.2mCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2m:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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