CVE-2014-2735

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2735
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-22 13:06:29 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionWinSCP 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Winscp Winscp 5.5 All All All
Application Winscp Winscp 5.5.1 All All All
Application Winscp Winscp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1152 – Server hostname is not verified against certificate common name (or subject alternative name) :: Tracker :: WinSCP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 winscp.net
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Recent Version History :: WinSCP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 winscp.net
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