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Improper Access Control

CVE-2015-6317

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) before 2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended web-resource access restrictions via a direct request, aka Bug ID CSCuu45926.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published