CVE-2016-6597

high

Description

Sophos EAS Proxy before 6.2.0 for Sophos Mobile Control, when Lotus Traveler is enabled, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary web-resources from the backend mail system via a request for the resource, aka an Open Reverse Proxy vulnerability.

References

https://www.pallas.com/advisories/sophos_eas_open_reverse_proxy_vulnerability

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92351

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539126/100/0/threaded

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138210/Sophos-Mobile-Control-3.5.0.3-Open-Reverse-Proxy.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00131