CVE-2023-6056

Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)

Published Oct 18, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

An automatic update to product version 27.0.25.115 fixes the issue.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58313 A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00047}

epss

{'score': 0.00048}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bitdefender
Bitdefender total Security
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bitdefender
Bitdefender total Security
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites.
Title Insecure Trust of Self-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11164)
Weaknesses CWE-295
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Bitdefender
Published
Updated
Oct 18, 2024, 3:27 PM
Reserved
Nov 9, 2023, 2:17 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 18, 2024, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM