CVE-2015-0660 — Cisco Virtual TelePresence Server Software does not properly restrict use of the serial port, which allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging vSphere controller administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCus61123

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HIGH

Cisco Virtual TelePresence Server Software does not properly restrict use of the serial port, which allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging vSphere controller administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCus61123

Published Mar 14, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

Cisco Virtual TelePresence Server Software does not properly restrict use of the serial port, which allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging vSphere controller administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCus61123.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00352

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

EPSS probability 0.00352

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.35% (0.00352)	26.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00352)	26.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.21% (0.00213)	41.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0660
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031924
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0660		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031924		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Mar 14, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0660

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0660

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-0660