CVE-2012-0738

medium

Description

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during scanning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary certificate.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74578

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620760

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620759

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-12-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N