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CVE-2009-0803

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

SmoothWall SmoothGuardian, as used in SmoothWall Firewall, NetworkGuardian, and SchoolGuardian 2008, when transparent interception mode is enabled, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the remote endpoint, which allows remote attackers to bypass access controls for Flash, Java, Silverlight, and probably other technologies, and possibly communicate with restricted intranet sites, via a crafted web page that causes a client to send HTTP requests with a modified Host header.

Affected products

• Smoothwall Networkguardian: 2008
• Smoothwall Schoolguardian: 2008
• Smoothwall Smoothguardian: 2008

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435052
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7M6SM7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33858
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/435052
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-7M6SM7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33858

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