CVE-2016-8615

Curl vulnerability

CVSS

5.3

EPSS

4.5%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.

Affected vendor

Haxx

Affected product

Curl

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

Published

2018-08-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Haxx Curl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8615.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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