Improper Certificate Validation
CVE-2017-8059
Summary
Acceptance of invalid/self-signed TLS certificates in "Foxit PDF - PDF reader, editor, form, signature" before 5.4 for iOS allows a man-in-the-middle and/or physically proximate attacker to silently intercept login information (username/password), in addition to the static authentication token if the user is already logged in.
- HIGH
- NETWORK
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
The authenticity component of a web system stems from the ability to validate “Digital certificates”, which (i) establish trust between two or more entities sharing data over a network; (ii) ensure data at rest and transit is secure from unauthorized access; and (iii) check the identity of the actors that interact with the system. An application with absent or ineffective certificate validation mechanisms allows malicious users, impersonating trusted hosts, to manipulate the communication path between the client and the host, resulting in unauthorized access to data and to the application’s internal environment, and potentially enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published