CVE-2020-8987

Published Mar 9, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Avast AntiTrack before 1.5.1.172 and AVG Antitrack before 2.0.0.178 proxies traffic to HTTPS sites but does not validate certificates, and thus a man-in-the-middle can host a malicious website using a self-signed certificate. No special action necessary by the victim using AntiTrack with "Allow filtering of HTTPS traffic for tracking detection" enabled. (This is the default configuration.)

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29817 Avast AntiTrack before 1.5.1.172 and AVG Antitrack before 2.0.0.178 proxies traffic to HTTPS sites but does not validate certificates, and thus a man-in-the-middle can host a malicious website using a self-signed certificate. No special action necessary by the victim using AntiTrack with "Allow filtering of HTTPS traffic for tracking detection" enabled. (This is the default configuration.)
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:19 AM
Reserved
Feb 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 9, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:27 AM