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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2006-2769 json

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carria…

published 2006-06-02 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2766

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.8%
EPSS 10.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27931)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27931 Snort 2.4.x - URIContent Rules Detection Evasion remote, 2006-05-31
  • demarc.com http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/25837 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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