CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1000500

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Jun 26, 2018 | Modified: Sep 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The busybox wget applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Busybox Busybox * 1.32.0 (excluding)
Busybox Ubuntu artful *
Busybox Ubuntu bionic *
Busybox Ubuntu cosmic *
Busybox Ubuntu devel *
Busybox Ubuntu disco *
Busybox Ubuntu eoan *
Busybox Ubuntu focal *
Busybox Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

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