CVE-2012-2993

Windows Phone 7 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

5.9

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Phone 7 Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Published

2012-09-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2993

Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2993.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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