CVE-2015-6298 describes a critical vulnerability in the admin web interface of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices running specific AsyncOS versions. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing crafted certificate-generation arguments to gain root privileges on the affected appliance. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability has high severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5.0-497CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5.0-497:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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