CVE-2009-0803
SmoothWall SmoothGuardian, as used in SmoothWall Firewall, NetworkGuardian, and SchoolGuardian 2008, when transparent interception mode is enabled, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the remote endpoint, which allows remote attackers to bypass…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
SmoothWall SmoothGuardian, as used in SmoothWall Firewall, NetworkGuardian, and SchoolGuardian 2008, when transparent interception mode is enabled, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the remote endpoint, which allows remote attackers to bypass access controls for Flash, Java, Silverlight, and probably other technologies, and possibly communicate with restricted intranet sites, via a crafted web page that causes a client to send HTTP requests with a modified Host header.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- smoothwall/networkguardian · smoothwall/schoolguardian · smoothwall/smoothguardian
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435052US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7M6SM7US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33858Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435052US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7M6SM7US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33858Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.