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CVE-2014-2783

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 does not prevent use of wildcard EV SSL certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof a trust level by leveraging improper issuance of a wildcard certificate by a recognized Certification Authority, aka "Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Published

2014-07-08T22:55:06.567

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	7	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	8	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	9	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	10	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	11	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59775 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68391 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030532 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59775 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68391 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030532 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)