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CVE-2012-5784

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, and other products, 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 0.01566
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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apache activemq<= 5.7.0
apache axis<= 1.4
apache axisall versions
paypal mass payall versions
paypal payments proall versions
paypal transactional information soapall versions
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven axis:axis MODERATE
Maven org.apache.axis:axis MODERATE
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.cs.utexas.edu · shmat_ccs12.pdfwww.cs.utexas.edu
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Scoring & Timeline

5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD04 Nov 2012 · 10:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10646-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1373-2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1497-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1382-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1373-1
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References & Sources

13
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00022.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0683.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51219
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