Description
WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, 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: 2014-04-21
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-2014-2763 WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, 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: 2024-08-06T10:21:36.023Z

Reserved: 2014-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2735

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-22T13:06:29.853

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2735

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Weaknesses