VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2071

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.02%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-06-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Google Chrome before 1.0.154.53 displays a cached certificate for a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page returned by a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by letting a browser obtain a valid certificate from this site during one request, and then sending the browser a crafted 502 response page upon a subsequent request.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references