CVE-2016-6286

The "spiffy-cgi-handlers" egg would convert a nonexistent "Proxy" header to the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which would allow attackers to direct CGI…

published January 10, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The "spiffy-cgi-handlers" egg would convert a nonexistent "Proxy" header to the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which would allow attackers to direct CGI programs which use this environment variable to use an attacker-specified HTTP proxy server (also known as a "httpoxy" attack). This affects all versions of spiffy-cgi-handlers before 0.5.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01476 · 73.5th percentile
Published
2017-01-10T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JAN 15:00Z
    The "spiffy-cgi-handlers" egg would convert a nonexistent "Proxy" header to the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which would allow attackers to direct CGI…
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