CVE-2014-1771 Security feature bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can bypass TLS certificate validation during renegotiation to read or modify sensitive session data in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-1771?
CVE-2014-1771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 11 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SChannel in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 does not ensure that a server's X.509 certificate is the same during renegotiation as it was before renegotiation, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify TLS session data via a "triple handshake attack," aka "TLS Server Certificate Renegotiation Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1771?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1771?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-1771 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1771 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x384-p6fm-q24w.