CVE-2023-49567 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-49567

Insecure Trust of certificates using collision hash functions in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11239)

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality where the product incorrectly checks the site's certificate, which allows an attacker to make MITM SSL connections to an arbitrary site. The product trusts certificates that are issued using the MD5 and SHA1 collision hash functions which allow attackers to create rogue certificates that appear legitimate.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Bitdefender

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Affected Software

Total Security
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 18th, 2024
Last Modified: October 18th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle
Credential Access
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1071 Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact