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CVE-2024-0057

NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

8.6%
*EPSS

Affected Versions

111
*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Vulnerabididad en NET, .NET Framework y Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft .NET Framework-based applications use X.509 chain building APIs but do not completely validate the X.509 certificate due to a logic flaw. An attacker could present an arbitrary untrusted certificate with malformed signatures, triggering a bug in the framework. The framework will correctly report that X.509 chain building failed, but it will return an incorrect reason code for the failure. Applications which utilize this reason code to make their own chain building trust decisions may inadvertently treat this scenario as a successful chain build. This could allow an adversary to subvert the app's typical authentication logic.

Vishal Mishra and Anita Gaud discovered that .NET did not properly validate X.509 certificates with malformed signatures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass an application's typical authentication logic. Morgan Brown discovered that .NET did not properly handle requests from unauthenticated clients. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-11-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-01-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-31 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (111)