The Keychain implementation in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier does not properly handle an untrusted attribute of a Certification Authority certificate, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via an Extended Validation certificate, as demonstrated by https access with Safari.
2011-09-12T12:40:44.940
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | ≤ 10.6.8 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.0 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.1 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.2 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.3 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.4 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.5 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.6 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | 10.6.7 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | ≤ 10.6.8 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.0 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.1 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.2 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.3 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.4 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.5 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.6 | Yes |
Operating System | apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.6.7 | Yes |