CVE-2015-0662 — Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(.00051) and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted IPC messages that trigger use of root privileges for a software-package installation, aka Bug ID CSCus79385

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HIGH

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(.00051) and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted IPC messages that trigger use of root privileges for a software-package installation, aka Bug ID CSCus79385

Published Mar 17, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(.00051) and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via crafted IPC messages that trigger use of root privileges for a software-package installation, aka Bug ID CSCus79385.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00371

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

EPSS probability 0.00371

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	0.37% (0.00371)	28.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00371)	28.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.34% (0.00341)	54.56th	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-264

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37860
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031933
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37860		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031933		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Mar 17, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0662

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0662

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-0662