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CVE-2015-6298

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 1.66%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-11-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.0. It affects Cisco. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2015-6298
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9
EPSS
1.66%
Cisco

Original NVD Description

The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via crafted certificate-generation arguments, aka Bug ID CSCus83445.