CVE-2015-4244 — The boot implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 and 5500 devices with software 14.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary Linux commands by leveraging administrative privileges for storage of these commands in a Compact Flash (CF) file, aka Bug ID CSCuu75278

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HIGH

The boot implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 and 5500 devices with software 14.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary Linux commands by leveraging administrative privileges for storage of these commands in a Compact Flash (CF) file, aka Bug ID CSCuu75278

Published Jul 10, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.44%

Description

The boot implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 and 5500 devices with software 14.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary Linux commands by leveraging administrative privileges for storage of these commands in a Compact Flash (CF) file, aka Bug ID CSCuu75278.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.44% 0.00444

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

EPSS probability 0.00444

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	0.44% (0.00444)	36.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.44% (0.00444)	35.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.32% (0.00316)	52.49th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.78th	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-78

OS Command Injection

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39677
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032839
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39677		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032839		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Jul 10, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 4, 2015

Link CVE-2015-4244

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-4244

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-4244