Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-2510

Title: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-2510.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Oct 14, 2009
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-2510: The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, as used by Internet Explorer and other applications, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, aka "Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-more-holes-found-in-webs.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-microsoft-ie-security-hole.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36475 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-056 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5842 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-more-holes-found-in-webs.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-microsoft-ie-security-hole.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36475 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-056 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5842
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-2510 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.