CVE-2012-5816 in AIM

Summary

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject s Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

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• Reservation: 11/04/2012
• Disclosure: 11/04/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.5
• EPSS: 0.00134
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5816
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5816
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-5816/