SB2017103102 - Privilege escalation in BlueCoat ProxySG
Published: October 31, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017103102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9097)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to access control flaw in the web interface. A remote read-only administrative attacker can gain write privileges to modify the appliance settings and policy configuration and perform arbitrary management tasks via the management console.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.