CVE-2015-6403

The TFTP implementation on Cisco Small Business SPA30x, SPA50x, SPA51x phones 7.5.7 improperly validates firmware-image file integrity, which allows local users to load a Trojan horse image by leveraging shell access, aka Bug ID CSCut67400.

Published: 2015-12-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-6403 is rated Low Risk (39.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6403

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.38% +0.29%
2 2025-07-02 0.37% 0.09% -0.28%
3 2025-03-30 0.37%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6403

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6403

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6403

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco spa500_firmware 7.5.7 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:spa500_firmware:7.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco spa300_firmware 7.5.7 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:spa300_firmware:7.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6403

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