CVE-2006-2769 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.8% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.81% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sourcefire | snort |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Snort 2.4.x - URIContent Rules Detection Evasion | 2006-05-31 |
References
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20766
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1018
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191
- http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531
- http://www.osvdb.org/25837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435600/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435734/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435872/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200
- http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi#431
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2119
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26855
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20766
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