CVE-2015-0693 — Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module during certain tunnel-status checks, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Python code and gain privileges via a crafted pickle file, aka Bug ID CSCut39259

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HIGH

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module during certain tunnel-status checks, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Python code and gain privileges via a crafted pickle file, aka Bug ID CSCut39259

Published Apr 15, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module during certain tunnel-status checks, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Python code and gain privileges via a crafted pickle file, aka Bug ID CSCut39259.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00380

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

EPSS probability 0.00380

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)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.38% (0.00380)	29.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00380)	29.63th	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-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38306
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032097
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38306		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032097		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Apr 15, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0693

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0693

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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