PT-2007-1001 · Cerulean Studios · Trillian

Published 2007-04-10 · Updated 2022-02-07 · CVE-2009-4831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cerulean Studios Trillian version 3.1 Basic

Description: The issue arises from the lack of SSL certificate checks during MSN authentication, allowing remote attackers to exploit this and obtain MSN credentials through a man-in-the-middle attack using a spoofed SSL certificate.

Recommendations: For Cerulean Studios Trillian version 3.1 Basic, consider disabling MSN authentication until a patch is available that includes proper SSL certificate checks to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00721

CVE-2009-4831

Affected Products

Trillian

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00721 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4831 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4831 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504573/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35620 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35509 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/26374 · Telegram Post
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51400 · Note