Description
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Published: 2012-11-04
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5696 AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.511Z

Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5816

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:04.623

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5816

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