TI-2015-00644 Aliases CVE-2015-0693 GHSA-xhwq-qc65-7mcj

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly…

LOW 32CWE-20Published 2015-04-15 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.0-ise-147 do not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module during certain tunnel-status checks, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Python code and gain privileges via a crafted pickle file, aka Bug ID CSCut39259.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0038 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5_base:::::::*	8.5_base	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5_base Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0693
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhwq-qc65-7mcj

References

Advisory 1

20150413 Cisco Web Security Appliance Python File Processing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

TI-2023-06741 Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Web Appliance CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-00369 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
TI-2019-01508 Cisco Web Security Appliance HTTPS Certificate Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2018-00312 A vulnerability in traffic-monitoring functions in Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-01086 Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-11999 Cisco Web Security Appliance Unauthorized Device Reset Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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