CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-27899

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Apr 06, 2021 | Modified: Apr 12, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Agents (formerly ObserveIT Agent) for MacOS and Linux perform improper validation of the ITM Servers certificate, which enables a remote attacker to intercept and alter these communications using a man-in-the-middle attack. All versions before 7.11.1 are affected. Agents for Windows and Cloud are not affected.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Insider_threat_management Proofpoint 7.9.0 (including) 7.9.3 (excluding)
Insider_threat_management Proofpoint 7.10.0 (including) 7.10.3 (excluding)
Insider_threat_management Proofpoint 7.11.0 (including) 7.11.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References