CVE-2012-2993 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1469.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_phone_7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:microsoft:windows_phone_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Phone 7 Subscribe Windows Phone 7 Firmware Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/85619
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389795
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55569
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027541
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78620

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2012-09-18T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T21:19:22.701Z

Reserved: 2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2993

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.344Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-09-18T03:48:28.507

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2993

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-295

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