CVE-2005-1708 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Blue Coat Reporter versions prior to 7.1.2. An authenticated user can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted HTTP POST request to the templates.admin.users.user_form_processing component, setting a specific parameter to true and thereby gaining administrator privileges. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and has low complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and with no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-25697) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bluecoat:reporter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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