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CVE-2023-6056

Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)

Severity Score

8.6
*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.

Se ha descubierto una vulnerabilidad en la función de análisis HTTPS de Bitdefender Total Security que da lugar a una confianza indebida en los certificados autofirmados. Se ha descubierto que el producto confía en los certificados firmados con el algoritmo de hash RIPEMD-160 sin una validación adecuada, lo que permite a un atacante establecer conexiones SSL MITM con sitios arbitrarios.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Active
System
Vulnerable | Subsequent
Confidentiality
High
High
Integrity
High
High
Availability
None
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-11-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-18 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-18 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-94: Adversary in the Middle (AiTM)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
BItdefender
Search vendor "BItdefender"
 Total Security
Search vendor "BItdefender" for product "Total Security"
 < 27.0.25.115
Search vendor "BItdefender" for product "Total Security" and version " < 27.0.25.115"
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Affected