CVE-2018-8119 Security feature bypass in C SDK
Attackers can bypass certificate validation in Azure IoT SDKs, enabling spoofing attacks against devices using AMQP transport.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-8119?
CVE-2018-8119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft C SDK, published on 9 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A spoofing vulnerability exists when the Azure IoT Device Provisioning AMQP Transport library improperly validates certificates over the AMQP protocol, aka "Azure IoT SDK Spoofing Vulnerability." This affects C# SDK, C SDK, Java SDK.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8119?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft C Software Development Kit, Microsoft Csharp Software Development Kit, Microsoft Java Software Development Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8119?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-8119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft C SDK
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vwrp-7x3m-9644.