Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-2735 (CCN-93829)

Assigned:2014-04-16
Published:2014-04-16
Updated:2018-10-09
Summary:WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not 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 an arbitrary valid certificate.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
4.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-2735

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history

Source: CCN
Type: WinSCP Web site
Freeware SFTP and SCP client for WIndows

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1152

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20140416 CVE-2014-2735 - WinSCP: missing X.509 validation

Source: CCN
Type: BID-66936
WinSCP X.509 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
winscp-cve20142735-spoofing(93829)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:winscp:winscp:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:winscp:winscp:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:winscp:winscp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 5.5.2)

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:winscp:winscp:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:winscp:winscp:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    winscp winscp 5.5
    winscp winscp 5.5.1
    winscp winscp *
    winscp winscp 5.5.1
    winscp winscp 5.5