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CVE-2010-5146

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Remote Filtering component in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 7.1 Hotfix 66 allows local users to bypass filtering by (1) renaming the WDC.exe file or (2) deleting driver files.

Affected products

• Websense Web Filter: through 7.1; 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 7.0
• Websense Web Security: through 7.1; 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 7.0

References

• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx
• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78344
• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx
• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78344

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