CVE-2016-6597

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Sophos EAS Proxy before 6.2.0 for Sophos Mobile Control, when Lotus Traveler is enabled, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary web-resources from the backend mail system via a request for the resource, aka an Open Reverse Proxy vulnerability.

Affected products

Sophos Mobile Control Eas Proxy: through 3.5.0.3

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138210/Sophos-Mobile-Control-3.5.0.3-Open-Reverse-Proxy.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539126/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92351
https://www.pallas.com/advisories/sophos_eas_open_reverse_proxy_vulnerability
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138210/Sophos-Mobile-Control-3.5.0.3-Open-Reverse-Proxy.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539126/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92351
https://www.pallas.com/advisories/sophos_eas_open_reverse_proxy_vulnerability

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