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CVE-2015-6358

Multiple Cisco embedded devices use hardcoded X.509 certificates and SSH host keys embedded in the firmware, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by leveraging knowledge of these certificates and keys from another installation, aka Bug IDs CSCuw46610, CSCuw46620, CSCuw46637, CSCuw46654, CSCuw46665, CSCuw46672, CSCuw46677, CSCuw46682, CSCuw46705, CSCuw46716, CSCuw46979, CSCuw47005, CSCuw47028, CSCuw47040, CSCuw47048, CSCuw47061, CSCuw90860, CSCuw90869, CSCuw90875, CSCuw90881, CSCuw90899, and CSCuw90913.

CVSS 5.9 · MediumBuzz score 16.0

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 16.0

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
11.0
2 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
5.0
1 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
2 source links · newest first
  • Cisco has published an advisory to warn customers about a man-in-the-middle (MitM) vulnerability affecting over two dozen of the company’s products.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 27, 2015, 12:28 PM
  • Millions of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices use the same cryptographic secrets, an oversight that exposes them to various types of malicious attacks, shows a new study by IT security consultancy SEC Consult. Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 25, 2015, 1:42 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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