CVE-2010-1802
Apple Libsecurity - Authentication Bypass
Title source: ruleDescription
libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 does not properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate associated with a similar domain name, as demonstrated by use of a www.example.con certificate to spoof www.example.com.
Scores
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
30.7%
Classification
CWE
CWE-287
Status
draft
Affected Products (5)
apple/libsecurity
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x_server
apple/mac_os_x_server
Timeline
Published
Aug 25, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026