PT-2012-5981 · Zoner · Zoner Antivirus Free

Published 2012-10-24 · Updated 2021-11-22 · CVE-2012-5456

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zoner AntiVirus Free (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a failure to verify the server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name field of the X.509 certificate. This allows for man-in-the-middle attacks where an attacker could spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. An example of exploitation is through a server used for updating virus signature files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5456

Affected Products

Zoner Antivirus Free

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5456 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79591 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56292 · Note
• http://www2.dcsec.uni-hannover.de/files/android/p50-fahl.pdf · Note