CVE-2014-2783

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 does not prevent use of wildcard EV SSL certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof a trust level by leveraging improper issuance of a wildcard certificate by a recognized Certification Authority, aka "Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/59775
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030532
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68391
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-07-08 15:55

Updated : 2018-10-12 15:06

NVD link : CVE-2014-2783

Mitre link : CVE-2014-2783

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

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