CVE-2009-2510

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, as used by Internet Explorer and other applications, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, aka "Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, as used by Internet Explorer and other applications, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, aka "Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-10-14 10:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 Itanium

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit) (intial release)

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x86

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

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