CVE-2001-1465 SurfControl SuperScout only filters packets containing both an HTTP GET request and a Host header, which allows local users to bypass filtering by fragmenting packets so that no packet contains both d...

MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.35%

Published: 2005-04-21 07:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

SurfControl SuperScout only filters packets containing both an HTTP GET request and a Host header, which allows local users to bypass filtering by fragmenting packets so that no packet contains both data elements.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
surfcontrol superscout web filter	All versions	No fix listed

References

1001801 vdb-entry
VU#139315 third-party-advisory us-government-resource

CVSS v2.0

4.6 Medium

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality: Partial
Integrity: Partial
Availability: Partial

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 0.35% (percentile 29.1)
CWE: Not classified

Public exploit references

Metadata only. CVERadar never hosts or runs exploit code.

No public exploit references known.