{"id":"CVE-2012-2993","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2993","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:17:41.506Z","title":"Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary…","description":"Microsoft Windows Phone 7 does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server for the (1) POP3, (2) IMAP, or (3) SMTP protocol via an arbitrary valid certificate.","published":"2012-09-18T03:48:29.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-295"],"affected":["microsoft/windows phone 7 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.03595,"percentile":0.89364,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/85619","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389795","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55569","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027541","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78620","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/85619","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389795","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55569","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027541","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78620","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2993","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}