Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-4235 (CCN-104952)

Assigned:2015-07-22
Published:2015-07-22
Updated:2017-09-21
Summary:Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.0(3o) and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and Nexus 9000 ACI devices with software before 11.0(4o) and 11.1 before 11.1(1j) do not properly restrict access to the APIC filesystem, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via unspecified use of the APIC cluster-management configuration feature, aka Bug IDs CSCuu72094 and CSCuv11991.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.0 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
8.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-4235

Source: CCN
Type: Cisco Security Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20150722-apic
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Access Control Vulnerability

Source: CISCO
Type: Vendor Advisory
20150722 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Access Control Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1033025

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cisco-apic-cve20154235-unauth-access(104952)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_(apic):1.0(1e):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(1b):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(1c):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(1d):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(1e):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(2j):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(2m):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(3f):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(3i):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(3k):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(3n):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.0(4h):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic) 1.0(1e)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(1b)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(1c)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(1d)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(1e)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(2j)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(2m)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(3f)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(3i)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(3k)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(3n)
    cisco nx-os 11.0(4h)