CVE-2023-6056 HIGH

CVE-2023-6056: Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)

Vendor Bitdefender
Product Total Security
Weakness CWE-295
Published October 18, 2024
Last update October 18, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 18, 2024 CVE published
October 18, 2024 Record updated