CVE-2015-6435

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An unspecified CGI script in Cisco FX-OS before 1.1.2 on Firepower 9000 devices and Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager before 2.2(4b), 2.2(5) before 2.2(5a), and 3.0 before 3.0(2e) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCur90888.

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS): 1.1(1.86), 1.1(1.160), 1.1.1
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): 1.0(2k), 1.0_base, 1.1(1m), 1.1_base, 1.2(1d), 1.2_base (+77)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160991/Cisco-UCS-Manager-2.2-1d-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160120-ucsm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034743
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160991/Cisco-UCS-Manager-2.2-1d-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160120-ucsm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034743

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