CVE-2014-2735

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Published Apr 21, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2763	WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.793% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history
http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1152
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531847/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Winscp Winscp

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 21, 2014, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:21 AM
Reserved: Apr 8, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:07 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 22, 2014, 1:06 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:07 AM

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