CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4211
2.9 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-11-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.9 LOW — AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The PayPal app before 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a PayPal web server via an arbitrary certificate.
Affected configurations
• ebay paypal (<= 3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paypal/id283646709 itunes.apple.com
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20021730-245.html news.cnet.com
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592782874885808.html online.wsj.com
- http://viaforensics.com/press-releases/viaforensics-uncovers-paypal-application-vulnerability.html viaforensics.com
- http://viaforensics.com/security/viaforensics-uncovers-significant-vulnerability-paypal-iphone.html viaforensics.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44657 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2887 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63002 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paypal/id283646709 itunes.apple.com
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20021730-245.html news.cnet.com
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592782874885808.html online.wsj.com
- http://viaforensics.com/press-releases/viaforensics-uncovers-paypal-application-vulnerability.html viaforensics.com
- http://viaforensics.com/security/viaforensics-uncovers-significant-vulnerability-paypal-iphone.html viaforensics.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44657 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2887 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63002 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com