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CVE-2012-0738
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…
Medium5.8EPSS 0.59%
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- ibm
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- appscan-scan-spoofing(74578) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620759 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620760 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .