Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 SMS Service cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMS Service. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2993. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component SMS Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject s Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary valid certificate.

The weakness was shared 12/13/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blogs.technet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2993 since 05/30/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/17/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78620), SecurityFocus (BID 55569†), OSVDB (78010†), Secunia (SA47256†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027541†). The entry VDB-6525 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2011 🔍
12/23/2011 +10 days 🔍
12/23/2011 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2012 +28 days 🔍
05/30/2012 +130 days 🔍
09/17/2012 +110 days 🔍
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09/18/2012 +1 days 🔍
01/17/2025 +4503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: blogs.technet.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2993 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2993
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4484
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X-Force: 78620 - Microsoft Windows Phone 7 domain name spoofing
SecurityFocus: 55569 - Microsoft Windows Phone 7 SSL Certificate 'Common Name' Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 47256 - Microsoft Windows Phone Denial of Service and Spoofing Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 78010
SecurityTracker: 1027541

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 01/17/2025 00:14
Changes: 01/21/2012 01:00 (65), 03/22/2019 15:49 (1), 12/04/2024 01:24 (18), 01/17/2025 00:14 (21)
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