CVE-2015-4235

What it is

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.0(3o) and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and Nexus 9000 ACI devices with software before 11.0(4o) and 11.1 before 11.1(1j) do not properly restrict access to the APIC filesystem, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via unspecified use of the APIC cluster-management configuration feature, aka Bug IDs CSCuu72094 and CSCuv11991.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network with a login. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2015-07-24 14:59 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 00:26 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 2.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 9.0 HIGH (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2015-07-24 14:59 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 00:26 UTC

Exploit probability

2.2% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-264

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller \(apic\) 1.0\(1e\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(1b\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(1c\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(1d\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(1e\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(2j\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(2m\)
• Cisco nx-os 11.0\(3f\)

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 9.0

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

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