CVE-2014-2783

medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 does not prevent use of wildcard EV SSL certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof a trust level by leveraging improper issuance of a wildcard certificate by a recognized Certification Authority, aka "Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037

http://secunia.com/advisories/59775

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030532

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium