CVE-2015-0611

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The administrative web-management portal in Cisco IX 8 (.0.1) and earlier on Cisco TelePresence IX5000 devices does not properly restrict the device-recovery account's access, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain HelpDesk-equivalent privileges by leveraging device-recovery authentication, aka Bug ID CSCus74174.

Affected products

Cisco Telepresence System Software Ix: 8.0.0, 8.0.1

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0611
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37430
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72568
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100806
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0611
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37430
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72568
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100806

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