VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-5817

CVSS score7.4 HIGH

EPSS probability0.78%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2012-11-04

Last modified2026-06-16

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library and other products, 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.

Weakness classification

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit
cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry