CVE-2012-5816

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79935

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim:1.0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-11-04 14:55

Updated : 2017-08-28 18:32

NVD link : CVE-2012-5816

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5816

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

aol

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