CVE-2016-9091 (GCVE-0-2016-9091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-05 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42
VLAI
Summary
Blue Coat Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 before 6.6.5.4 and Content Analysis System (CAS) 1.3 before 1.3.7.4 are susceptible to an OS command injection vulnerability. An authenticated malicious administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated system privileges.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • OS command injection
Assigner
symantec CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 5 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Symantec Corporation Blue Coat ASG Affected: 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.4
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Symantec Corporation Blue Coat CAS Affected: 1.3 prior to 1.3.7.4
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Date Public
2017-04-03 00:00
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