4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-1796
Shibboleth Identity Provider/X.509 Certificate Forgery Vulnerability
Description

The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.

INFO

Published Date :

July 8, 2015, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1796 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Shibboleth identity_provider
2 Shibboleth opensaml_java

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1796 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75370
    Added Reference https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75370 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:opensaml_java:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt No Types Assigned https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1796 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1796 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.38 }} 0.00%

score

0.68520

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability