What is CVE-2015-6479?

CVE-2015-6479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2015-6479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-6479 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos

CVE-2015-6479

ACEmanager in Sierra Wireless ALEOS 4.4.2 and earlier on ES440, ES450, GX400, GX440, GX450, and LS300 devices allows remote attackers to read the filteredlogs.txt file, and consequently discover potentially sensitive boot-sequence information, via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-105-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6479?: CVE-2015-6479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2015-6479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-6479 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.