{"id":"CVE-2016-9091","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9091","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:30:45.463Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-04-05T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["bluecoat/advanced secure gateway","bluecoat/content analysis system software"],"epss":{"score":0.09579,"percentile":0.95446,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.0705,"percentile":0.93989},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.10126,"percentile":0.95434}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-04-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41786,"kind":"exploit","title":"Bluecoat ASG 6.6/CAS 1.3 - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/41786.rb","file":"exploits/linux/local/41786.rb","published":"2017-04-03","added":"2017-04-04","updated":"2017-04-04","author":"Chris Hebert","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-9091"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null},{"edbId":41785,"kind":"exploit","title":"Bluecoat ASG 6.6/CAS 1.3 - OS Command Injection (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/41785.rb","file":"exploits/linux/remote/41785.rb","published":"2017-04-03","added":"2017-04-04","updated":"2017-04-04","author":"Chris Hebert","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-9091"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10126,"from":0.0705,"percentile":0.95434},"summary":"EPSS moved from 7.0% to 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97372","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa138","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41785/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41786/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9091","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}