SB2017103102 - Privilege escalation in BlueCoat ProxySG
Published: October 31, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017103102
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9097)
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
CVSSv4: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
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.