High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6597

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
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:mobile_control_eas_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.5.0.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92351nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com/files/138210/Sophos-Mobile-Control-3.5.0.3-Open-Reverse-Proxy.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539126/100/0/threadednvd
www.pallas.com/advisories/sophos_eas_open_reverse_proxy_vulnerabilitynvd

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