SurfControl Superscout Web Filter HTTP privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SurfControl Superscout Web Filter (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SurfControl SuperScout only filters packets containing both an HTTP GET request and a Host header, which allows local users to bypass filtering by fragmenting packets so that no packet contains both data elements.

The weakness was disclosed 02/26/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1465 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1001801).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1465 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1001801

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Created: 07/11/2014 01:37 PM
Updated: 04/11/2019 07:05 AM
Changes: (4) source_cve_assigned source_sectracker source_sectracker_date source_sectracker_cause
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