CVE-2015-6288 — Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 7.8.0-000 does not properly validate credentials, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rapid log-file rollover and application fault) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw09620

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Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 7.8.0-000 does not properly validate credentials, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rapid log-file rollover and application fault) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw09620

Published Sep 14, 2015

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.21%

Description

Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 7.8.0-000 does not properly validate credentials, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rapid log-file rollover and application fault) via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCuw09620.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.21% 0.02211

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

EPSS probability 0.02211

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 1, 2026	2.21% (0.02211)	81.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.21% (0.02211)	80.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.15% (0.01151)	77.03th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00106)	44.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 28, 2024	0.11% (0.00106)	43.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00106)	41.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40847
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033505
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40847		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033505		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Sep 14, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6288

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6288

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6288