CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2993

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2012-09-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-09-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows phone 7 firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch weakness

References