CVE-2015-6288 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) version 7.8.0-000. This flaw stems from improper credential validation, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger rapid log-file rollovers and application faults through crafted HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.8_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:7.8_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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