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CVE-2016-6231
Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS before 1.7.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS before 1.7.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% 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 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.info-sec.ca/advisories/Kaspersky-Safe-Browser.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 92200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.kaspersky.com/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#280716 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160801 Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6231) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20160805 Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6231) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- 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 .