Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS
CVE-2016-9892

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Eset

Status
Endpoint Security
Endpoint Antivirus
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 March 2017

What is CVE-2016-9892?

The esets_daemon service in ESET Endpoint Antivirus and Endpoint Security for macOS fails to validate X.509 certificates from the SSL server edf.eset.com. This flaw enables attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially allowing them to spoof the SSL server and send fabricated license activation responses using a self-signed certificate. Moreover, this vulnerability could be exploited in conjunction with other issues, enabling remote code execution with root privileges.

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References

http://support.eset.com/ca6333/
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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