RCE in Bluecoat Advanced Secure Gateway
CVE-2016-9091
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.101 (95.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 95th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.101 · newest: 0.101 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bluecoat Advanced Secure Gateway
- Bluecoat Content Analysis System Software
- Symantec Corporation Blue Coat Asg — versions 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.4
- Symantec Corporation Blue Coat Cas — versions 1.3 prior to 1.3.7.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/ (exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/ (exploit)
- bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9091?
- CVE-2016-9091 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluecoat Advanced Secure Gateway, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-04-05.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9091?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-9091 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.