THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-3596
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3596

Axis vulnerability

CVSS
5.8
EPSS
9.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Axis
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published
2014-08-27

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.2% 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-2014-3596

  • Confirm whether Apache Axis is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3596.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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