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Improper Certificate Validation

CVE-2018-1000664

Severity Medium
Score 5.9/10

Summary

daneren2005 DSub for Subsonic (Android client) version 5.4.1 contains a CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in HTTPS Client that can result in Any non-CA signed server certificate, including self signed and expired, are accepted by the client. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim connects to a server that's MITM/Proxied by an attacker.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

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