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CVE-2016-9091 json

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 co…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2016-9912

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.6%
EPSS 9.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41786)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41786 Bluecoat ASG 6.6/CAS 1.3 - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) local, 2017-04-03
  • EDB-41785 Bluecoat ASG 6.6/CAS 1.3 - OS Command Injection (Metasploit) remote, 2017-04-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Symantec Corporation Blue Coat ASG
  • Symantec Corporation Blue Coat CAS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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