PortSwigger Burp Suite Community Edition 1.7.32/1.7.33 Server Certificate Validator HTTPS Request certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PortSwigger Burp Suite Community Edition 1.7.32/1.7.33. This affects an unknown part of the component Server Certificate Validator. Such manipulation as part of HTTPS Request leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-1153. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PortSwigger Burp Suite Community Edition 1.7.32/1.7.33 (Security Testing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Server Certificate Validator. The manipulation as part of a HTTPS Request leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Burp Suite Community Edition 1.7.32 and 1.7.33 fail to validate the server certificate in a couple of HTTPS requests which allows a man in the middle to modify or view traffic.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2018. The weakness was published 06/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at releases.portswigger.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1153 since 12/05/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 95 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.

Similar entry is available at VDB-119625. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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NVD Base Score: 7.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/05/2017 🔍
03/15/2018 +100 days 🔍
06/18/2018 +94 days 🔍
06/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/20/2020 +611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: releases.portswigger.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1153 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1153
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119660
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2018 21:23
Updated: 02/20/2020 09:49
Changes: 06/19/2018 21:23 (60), 02/20/2020 09:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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