CVE-2016-9091
Blue Coat Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 before 6.6.5.4 and Content Analysis System (CAS) 1.3 before 1.3.7.4 are susceptible to an OS command injection vulnerability.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Blue Coat Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 before 6.6.5.4 and Content Analysis System (CAS) 1.3 before 1.3.7.4 are susceptible to an OS command injection vulnerability. An authenticated malicious administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated system privileges.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.58% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 3 April 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- bluecoat/advanced secure gateway · bluecoat/content analysis system software
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
EPSS moved from 7.0% on 21 September 2026 to 9.6% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 10.1% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.