CVE-2015-6265 — The CLI in Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) 4700 A5 3.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions, and read or write to files, by entering an unspecified CLI command with a crafted file as this command's input, aka Bug ID CSCur23662

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The CLI in Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) 4700 A5 3.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions, and read or write to files, by entering an unspecified CLI command with a crafted file as this command's input, aka Bug ID CSCur23662

Published Aug 27, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.84%

Description

The CLI in Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) 4700 A5 3.0 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions, and read or write to files, by entering an unspecified CLI command with a crafted file as this command's input, aka Bug ID CSCur23662.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.84% 0.01838

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01838

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.84% (0.01838)	78.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.84% (0.01838)	76.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.53% (0.00532)	65.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	27.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 27, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	25.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00061)	23.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40666
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76491
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033381
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40666		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76491		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033381		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Aug 27, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6265

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6265

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6265