FKIE_CVE-2012-5787

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-04 22:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The PayPal merchant SDK does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51184
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56445
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79913
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/paypal/SDKs/commit/5f2d6dd77fb4211dcde34e36f1864234526c5d64
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56445
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79913
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/paypal/SDKs/commit/5f2d6dd77fb4211dcde34e36f1864234526c5d64
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paypal merchant_sdk -
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        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:paypal:merchant_sdk:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "60CAB69F-76B9-45E1-87AA-DDA56EAF969C",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The PayPal merchant SDK does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject\u0027s Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La utilidad PayPal merchand SDK no comprueba si el nombre del servidor coincide con un nombre de dominio en el Common Name (CN) del asunto o el campo subjectAltName del certificado X.509, lo que permite a atacantes man-in-the-middle falsificar servidores SSL a trav\u00e9s de un certificado v\u00e1lido arbitrario."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2012-5787",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 4.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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  "published": "2012-11-04T22:55:03.497",
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}


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