THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-2783
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-2783

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 does not prevent use of wildcard EV SSL certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof a trust level by leveraging improper issuance of a wildcard certificate by a recognized Certification Authority, aka "Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2014-07-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-2783

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-2783.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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