CVE-2015-4325 — The process-management implementation in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.2 allows local users to gain privileges by terminating a firestarter.py supervised process and then triggering the restart of a process by the root account, aka Bug ID CSCuv12272

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The process-management implementation in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.2 allows local users to gain privileges by terminating a firestarter.py supervised process and then triggering the restart of a process by the root account, aka Bug ID CSCuv12272

Published Oct 12, 2015

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.39%

Description

The process-management implementation in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.2 allows local users to gain privileges by terminating a firestarter.py supervised process and then triggering the restart of a process by the root account, aka Bug ID CSCuv12272.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.39% 0.00389

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

EPSS probability 0.00389

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	0.39% (0.00389)	30.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.39% (0.00389)	30.50th	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/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151006-vcs
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033751
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151006-vcs		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033751		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Oct 12, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 4, 2015

Link CVE-2015-4325

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-4325

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-4325