Intrusion PreventionSophos.Web.Appliance.change_password.Admin.Pass.PrivEscalation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance.
The vulnerability is due to an design flaw while parsing a crafted HTTP request. A remote attacker could exploit this to gain admin privileges of the target application, via a crafted HTTP request.
Affected Products
Sophos Web Appliance prior to 3.8.2
Impact
Privilege Escalation: Remote attackers can leverage their privilege on the vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the latest update from the vendor.
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 38378 |
| Created | May 08, 2014 |
| Updated | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2014-2849 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 17.8% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Other |
| Affected App | Other |