CVE-2016-9091 Command injection in Blue Coat ASG
An authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated privileges on Blue Coat ASG and CAS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9091?
CVE-2016-9091 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Symantec Corporation Blue Coat ASG, published on 5 Apr 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9091?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bluecoat Advanced Secure Gateway, Bluecoat Content Analysis System Software.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9091?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2016-9091 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-9091 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Corporation Blue Coat ASG
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgjw-ppjc-jj5p.