Vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

CVE-2015-6333

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.1j allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving addition of an SSH key, aka Bug ID CSCuw46076.

Published 2015-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller — versions 1.1(1j), 1.1\(1j\)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151012… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033793 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)