Edge 340 FirmwareOperating system · Cisco
CVE-2015-0767
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCisco Edge 300 software 1.0 and 1.1 on Edge 340 devices allows local users to obtain root privileges via unspecified commands, aka Bug ID CSCur18132.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Edge 300 software versions 1.0 and 1.1 on Edge 340 devices allows authenticated local users to obtain root privileges through unspecified commands. The attack requires local access to the device.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Edge 340 FirmwareOperating system
= 1.0.0= 1.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelLocate the physical device or check network inventory documentation to confirm the hardware is a Cisco Edge 340Affected if The device is not a Cisco Edge 340 model, then it is not affected by this specific CVE
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Check the firmware versionAccess the device admin interface or console and retrieve the installed firmware version. Compare against the affected versions: 1.0.0 and 1.1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.0 or 1.1.0
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Verify local authentication is enabledCheck if local user accounts exist on the device or if local authentication methods are configured in the device security settingsAffected if Local authenticated user accounts are present on the device, allowing the privilege escalation path
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Confirm local access exposureAssess whether physical access or local console access to the device is possible by unauthorized individualsAffected if Local (physical or console) access to the device is available to authenticated users beyond the intended administrators
A Cisco Edge 340 device running Edge 300 firmware versions 1.0.0 or 1.1.0 with local user accounts configured and local access available is affected by this privilege escalation vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply any available Cisco patches for this vulnerability; if no patch exists, restrict physical and logical access to the device and consider network isolation to limit exposure.
Fix this in Edge 340 Firmware
Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-0767 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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