CVE-2010-4211 (GCVE-0-2010-4211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-11-08 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI?
Summary
The PayPal app before 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a PayPal web server via an arbitrary certificate.
Severity ?
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CWE
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Date Public ?
2010-11-03 00:00
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