CVE-2015-4235 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Nexus 9000 ACI devices running specific software versions. Remote authenticated users could exploit a flaw in APIC filesystem access restrictions, specifically through the cluster-management configuration feature, to gain root privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0\(1e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_\(apic\):1.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0\(1b\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0\(1c\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0\(1d\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0\(1e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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