CVE-2016-6594

Published: Jun 8, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-254

NVD MITRE

7.5CVSSHIGH

EPSS Score

Description

Blue Coat Advanced Secure Gateway 6.6, CacheFlow 3.4, ProxySG 6.5 and 6.6 allows remote attackers to bypass blocked requests, user authentication, and payload scanning.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-254

Affected Products

n/a n/a

advanced secure gateway bluecoat

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

cacheflow bluecoat

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

proxysg bluecoat

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

bluecoatcommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka proxysg, sgos, proxysg sg210-10

Exploitability

Workaround Available

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91404

securityfocus.com

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa130

bto.bluecoat.com

Timeline

Published

Jun 8, 2017

Last Updated

May 13, 2026

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