CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9892
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
The esets_daemon service in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS before 6.4.168.0 and Endpoint Security for macOS before 6.4.168.0 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from the edf.eset.com SSL server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof this server and provide crafted responses to license activation requests via a self-signed certificate. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-0718 to execute arbitrary code remotely as root.
Affected configurations
• eset endpoint antivirus 6.3.70.1
• eset endpoint security 6.3.70.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 Exploit, Mailing List
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 Exploit, Mailing List
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry