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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-4216

CVE-2015-4216

Description

The remote-support feature on Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance (WSAv), Email Security Virtual Appliance (ESAv), and Security Management Virtual Appliance (SMAv) devices before 2015-06-25 uses the same default SSH root authorized key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a private key from another installation, aka Bug IDs CSCuu95988, CSCuu95994, and CSCuu96630.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Content Security Management Virtual Appliance3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_virtual_appliance:8.4.0.0150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_virtual_appliance:8.4.0.0150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_virtual_appliance:9.0.0.087:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 2015-06-25
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Email Security Virtual Appliance5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance:8.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance:8.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 2015-06-25
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Web Security Appliance7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:7.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:7.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 2015-06-25

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