CVE-2009-2825: Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate,…

Unscored severity · published Nov 10, 2009

CVE-2009-2825

Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate,…

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CVSS

0.8%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Mac OS X · Apple

through 10.6.1; 10.0; 10.0.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; +34 more · source: NVD

Mac OS X Server · Apple

through 10.6.1; 10.0; 10.0.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; +34 more · source: NVD