Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5774 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Blue Coat Packetshaper S-Series

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE

Summary

The HTTPS server in Blue Coat PacketShaper S-Series 11.5.x before 11.5.3.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive credentials and other information via unspecified vectors, related to use of insecure cryptographic parameters.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.