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GCVE-110-CERTCC-2016-797896

GCVE-110-CERTCC-2016-797896
Advisory PublishedCVSS 5.1/10
Vulnetix · Advisory published July 18, 2016
Web servers running in a CGI or CGI-like context may assign client request Proxy header values to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables. This vulnerability can be leveraged to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks on internal subrequests or to direct the server to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts.
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Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
5.1/10
Medium · AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
certcc-cam
certcc-cam
impact0population0exploitation0widely_known0score_current0ease_of_exploitation0
certcc-vrda
certcc-vrda
d1_impact2d1_population3d1_direct_report1
certcc-cvss-temporal-env
certcc-cvss-temporal-env
temporal_score4.6remediation_levelNDreport_confidenceCenvironmental_score1.14756650386875target_distributionLenvironmental_vectorCDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

Aliases

CVE-2016-1000109

References

CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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CGI web servers assign Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables
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