Executive Summary

Summary
Title Windows Phone 7 does not check certificate Common Names when sending or receiving emails over SSL.
Informations
Name VU#389795 First vendor Publication 2012-09-17
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2012-09-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#389795

Windows Phone 7 does not check certificate Common Names when sending or receiving emails over SSL.

Original Release date: 17 Sep 2012 | Last revised: 17 Sep 2012

Overview

Windows Phone 7 does not check CN (Common Name) of server certificates when receiving or sending e-mails using POP3/IMAP/SMTP servers using SSL.

Description

Windows Phone 7 fails to check the CN (Common Name) of server certificates when receiving or sending e-mails using POP3/IMAP/SMTP servers using SSL allowing an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack between the phone and the mail server.

Impact

A remote attacker with the ability to pose as a man-in-the-middle may be able to view the login or session data in the corresponding protocol (e.g., SMTP, POP3, etc.).

Solution

Microsoft has acknowledged this vulnerability and stated that they will be releasing an update.

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Microsoft CorporationAffected19 Jun 201210 Sep 2012
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base5.4AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Temporal4.4E:POC/RL:U/RC:UC
Environmental4.6CDP:LM/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/default.aspx

Credit

Thanks to the reporter that wishes to remain anonymous.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2012-2993
  • Date Public:17 Sep 2012
  • Date First Published:17 Sep 2012
  • Date Last Updated:17 Sep 2012
  • Document Revision:11

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389795

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-295 Certificate Issues

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1