CVE-2006-0515 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.8% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cisco PIX/ASA 7.1.x before 7.1(2) and 7.0.x before 7.0(5), PIX 6.3.x before 6.3.5(112), and FWSM 2.3.x before 2.3(4) and 3.x before 3.1(7), when used with Websense/N2H2, allows remote attackers to bypass HTTP access restrictions by splitting the GET method of an HTTP request into multiple packets, which prevents the request from being sent to Websense for inspection, aka bugs CSCsc67612, CSCsc68472, and CSCsd81734.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.79% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | adaptive security appliance software |
| cisco | firewall services module |
| cisco | pix firewall |
| cisco | pix firewall software |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Cisco - WebSense Content Filtering Bypass | 2006-05-08 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045899.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20044
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016039
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016040
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps2032/tsd_products_security_response09186a00806824ec.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25453
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17883
- http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/cisco-websense-bypass.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26308
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045899.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20044
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016039
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016040
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps2032/tsd_products_security_response09186a00806824ec.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25453
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17883
- http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/cisco-websense-bypass.txt
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