Apple Safari 1.0 X.509 Certificate CN authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Safari 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation of the argument CN results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0355. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari 1.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation of the argument CN with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v73) and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates.

The weakness was presented 06/09/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0355 since 05/29/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/14/2018).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2003 🔍
06/09/2003 +11 days 🔍
06/09/2003 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +4081 days 🔍
06/14/2018 +1403 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20508

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 00:53
Updated: 06/14/2018 11:07
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:53 (48), 06/14/2018 11:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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