CVE-2015-6424 — The boot manager in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.1(0.920a) allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain single-user-mode root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuu83985

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The boot manager in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.1(0.920a) allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain single-user-mode root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuu83985

Published Dec 18, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

The boot manager in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.1(0.920a) allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain single-user-mode root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuu83985.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00383

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

EPSS probability 0.00383

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	0.38% (0.00383)	29.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00383)	29.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00132)	30.23th	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% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (3)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151216-apic
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79410
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034468
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151216-apic		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79410		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034468		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Dec 18, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6424

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6424

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6424