CVE-2005-3187

Blue Coat Systems Inc. WinProxy <6.1a - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3187. PoCs published by FistFuXXer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends an HTTP GET request with an excessively long path (32768 'A' characters) to trigger a denial-of-service condition in WinProxy 6.0 R1c. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of long HTTP requests, leading to a crash.

Description

The listening daemon in Blue Coat Systems Inc. WinProxy before 6.1a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request that causes an out-of-bounds read.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by FistFuXXer · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1409

This exploit sends an HTTP GET request with an excessively long path (32768 'A' characters) to trigger a denial-of-service condition in WinProxy 6.0 R1c. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of long HTTP requests, leading to a crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WinProxy 6.0 R1c
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target's HTTP port (default 80)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=363
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0065
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18288
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16148

Scores

EPSS 0.0701
EPSS Percentile 93.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
bluecoat/winproxy 6.0
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026