PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2015-2078Design/Logic Flaw
The SDK for Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor, as used in Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion 1.1.885.1766 and Ad-Aware AdBlocker (alpha) 1.3.69.1, Qustodio for Windows, Atom Security, Inc. StaffCop 5.8, and other products, does not properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2077.
References
blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certificate.html
blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/some-notes-on-superfish.html
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529496
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031779
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA15-051A.html
blog.filippo.io/komodia-superfish-ssl-validation-is-broken/
www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/windows-ssl-interception-gone-wild/1570074729899339
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