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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-5126

Medium
5/10

Summary

Blue Coat ProxySG 6.1 before SGOS 6.1.5.1 and 6.2 before SGOS 6.2.2.1 writes the secure heap to core images, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive authentication information by leveraging read access to a downloaded core file.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published