Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3766

Title: Mutt Cryptographic Failures

Cryptographic Failures

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-3766.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Oct 23, 2009
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3766: mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.16 and other versions before 1.5.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 1
H
hpe 1
O
openssl 1
M
mutt 1

Reference Links

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3087 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/1 http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3087 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/1
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-2009-3766 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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.