What is CVE-2016-6597?

CVE-2016-6597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Mobile Control Eas Proxy, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-6597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sophos Mobile Control Eas Proxy

CVE-2016-6597

Sophos EAS Proxy before 6.2.0 for Sophos Mobile Control, when Lotus Traveler is enabled, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary web-resources from the backend mail system via a request for the resource, aka an Open Reverse Proxy vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.045 (90.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sophos Mobile_control_eas_proxy
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6597?: CVE-2016-6597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Mobile Control Eas Proxy, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-6597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.