CVE-2015-0611

Cisco TelePresence IX5000 - Privilege Escalation via Device-Recovery Account

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72568

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_cisco

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0611

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100806

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031733

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37430

Scores

EPSS 0.0197

EPSS Percentile 78.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (2)

cisco/telepresence_system_software_ix 8.0.0

cisco/telepresence_system_software_ix 8.0.1

Published Feb 12, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026