Description
Apple Safari does not require a cached certificate before displaying a lock icon for an https web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by sending the browser a crafted (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page for an https request sent through a proxy server.
Published: 2009-06-15
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2068 Apple Safari does not require a cached certificate before displaying a lock icon for an https web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by sending the browser a crafted (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page for an https request sent through a proxy server.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:36:20.444Z

Reserved: 2009-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2072

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-15T19:30:05.767

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2072

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