CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5456
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-10-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
The Zoner AntiVirus Free application for Android does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, as demonstrated by a server used for updating virus signature files.
Affected configurations
• zoner zoner antivirus free
• zoner zoner antivirus free 1.7.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56292 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www2.dcsec.uni-hannover.de/files/android/p50-fahl.pdf Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56292 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www2.dcsec.uni-hannover.de/files/android/p50-fahl.pdf Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry