CVE-2014-2845 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cyberduck before 4.4.4 on Windows does not properly validate X.509 certificate chains, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof FTP-SSL servers via a certificate issued by an arbitrary root Certification Authority.

Published: 2017-11-15

Score: 5.9 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:cyberduck:cyberduck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2014-2870	Cyberduck before 4.4.4 on Windows does not properly validate X.509 certificate chains, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof FTP-SSL servers via a certificate issued by an arbitrary root Certification Authority.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0013.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/58426
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532039/100/0/threaded
https://cyberduck.io/changelog/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cyberduck Cyberduck

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-15T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:28:46.052Z

Reserved: 2014-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2845

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-15T18:29:00.280

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-2845

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-295

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