CVE-2015-0611 — 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

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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

Published Feb 12, 2015

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.97%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.97% 0.01974

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01974

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.97% (0.01974)	79.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.97% (0.01974)	77.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.61% (0.00612)	68.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00272)	68.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00272)	67.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00272)	62.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0611		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37430		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72568		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031733		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100806		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Feb 12, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0611

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0611

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-0611