CVE-2015-4231

CVE-2015-4231 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Python interpreter of Cisco NX-OS 6.2(8a) on Nexus 7000 and 7700 series devices. An attacker with administrative privileges in one Virtual Device Context (VDC) could leverage this flaw to delete arbitrary files in another VDC, bypassing intended access restrictions. With a CVSS score of 3.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, primarily impacting integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.