CVE: CVE-2012-5821

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Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 0.0

Priority: Unclassified

EPSS

Score: 0.00237
Percentile: 0.46749

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3.1 Score: 5.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Mapped CWE(s)

CWE-295 : Improper Certificate Validation

All CAPEC(s)

CAPEC-459: Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate
CAPEC-475: Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs

Mapped ATT&CK TTPs

Affected Products

cpe:2.3:a:lynx:lynx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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