CVE-2015-6318 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.1 and X8.5.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack, aka Bug ID CSCuv11969.

Published: 2015-10-12

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server_software:x8.5.1::::expressway:::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server_software:x8.5.2::::expressway:::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6260	Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.1 and X8.5.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack, aka Bug ID CSCuv11969.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151007-vcs
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033781

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Telepresence Video Communication Server Software

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-10-12T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.380Z

Reserved: 2015-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6318

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-12T10:59:09.210

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6318

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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