VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-2993
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-09-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Weakness classification
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
Primary references
- cret@cert.org — Broken Link
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- cret@cert.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cret@cert.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry