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CVE-2015-6424

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6424 describes a vulnerability in the boot manager of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) version 1.1(0.920a). This local vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass access restrictions and gain root access in single-user mode. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it poses a high risk due to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity and no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1\(0.920a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.1\(0.920a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151216-apic
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/79410
securitytracker.com / id/1034468