CVE-2012-6606 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect before 1.1.7, and NetConnect, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof portal servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Published: 2013-08-31

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:netconnect:-:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-6453	Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect before 1.1.7, and NetConnect, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof portal servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00229.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0100.html
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6606

History

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Subscriptions

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect Netconnect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-08-31T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.356Z

Reserved: 2013-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6606

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-31T17:55:03.527

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

Link: CVE-2012-6606

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-310

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