6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.951 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.3%
Internet Explorer is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
This VT has been replaced by VT
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801109");
script_version("2023-06-27T05:05:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-27 05:05:30 +0000 (Tue, 27 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-06 07:21:15 +0200 (Tue, 06 Oct 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2510");
script_name("Microsoft IE CA SSL Certificate Security Bypass Vulnerability (Oct 2009)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36475");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-more-holes-found-in-webs.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-microsoft-ie-security-hole.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to perform man-in-the-middle
attacks or impersonate trusted servers, which will aid in further attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft IE version 6.x/7.x/8.x.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly validate '\0' character in the
domain name in a signed CA certificate, allowing attackers to substitute
malicious SSL certificates for trusted ones.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Internet Explorer is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
This VT has been replaced by VT 'Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI X.509 Spoofing Vulnerabilities (974571)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900876).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66); # This plugin is invalidated by secpod_ms09-056.nasl