Phelps County Bank Mobile App 3.0.2 on iOS X.509 Certificate Crafted Certificate certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Phelps County Bank Mobile App 3.0.2 on iOS. Affected is an unknown function of the component X.509 Certificate. This manipulation as part of Crafted Certificate causes certificate validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-9591. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phelps County Bank Mobile App 3.0.2 on iOS (Banking Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component X.509 Certificate. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Certificate leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The "PCB Mobile" by Phelps County Bank app 3.0.2 -- aka pcb-mobile/id436891295 for iOS does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The bug was discovered 06/15/2017. The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at medium.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-9591 since 06/12/2017. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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06/12/2017 🔍
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10/18/2019 +854 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: medium.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-9591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102607
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2017 21:16
Updated: 10/18/2019 16:04
Changes: 06/16/2017 21:16 (60), 10/18/2019 16:04 (1)
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