PT-2015-4815 · Cisco+1 · Cisco Web Security Appliance+1

Published 2015-04-15 · Updated 2017-01-06 · CVE-2015-0693

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) version 8.5.0-ise-147

Description The issue is related to the improper restriction of the pickle Python module during tunnel-status checks, allowing local users to execute arbitrary Python code and gain privileges via a crafted pickle file.

Recommendations For Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) version 8.5.0-ise-147, consider restricting access to the pickle Python module as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-0693

Affected Products

Cisco Web Security Appliance

Python

References · 3

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38306 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0693 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032097 · Note