7.4
HIGH
CVE-2019-12665
Cisco Amplifies Man-in-the-Middle Attacks on iOS XE, Exposing Encrypted Channels
Description

A vulnerability in the HTTP client feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read and modify data that should normally have been sent via an encrypted channel. The vulnerability is due to TCP port information not being considered when matching new requests to existing, persistent HTTP connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by acting as a man-in-the-middle and then reading and/or modifying data that should normally have been sent through an encrypted channel.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 25, 2019, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 2, 2021, 8:04 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12665 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 Cisco ios
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-http-client Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12665 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-326
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE Cisco Systems, Inc. CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-http-client No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-http-client Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-326
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(2\)t:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:fd-1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

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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-2019-12665 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

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0.53414

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