ID CVE-2008-3249
Summary The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkvantage_system_update:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkvantage_system_update:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkvantage_system_update:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:thinkvantage_system_update:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.1 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-255
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK HIGH NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 29366
bugtraq 20080525 SECOBJADV-2008-01: Lenovo SystemUpdate SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing Vulnerability
misc http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
sectrack 1020112
secunia 30379
xf ibm-thinkvantage-ssl-spoofing(42638)
Last major update 08-08-2017 - 01:31
Published 21-07-2008 - 17:41
Last modified 08-08-2017 - 01:31
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