CVE-2015-6298

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 6, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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