CVE-2012-5816

Published Nov 4, 2012

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.8
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim:1.0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8105C75B-718F-4782-BFE7-8EDA12C27294"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References