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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9892

The esets_daemon service in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS before 6.4.168.0 and Endpoint Security for macOS before 6.4.168.0 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from the edf.eset.com SSL server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.66%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The esets_daemon service in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS before 6.4.168.0 and Endpoint Security for macOS before 6.4.168.0 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from the edf.eset.com SSL server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof this server and provide crafted responses to license activation requests via a self-signed certificate. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-0718 to execute arbitrary code remotely as root.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.66% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Affected
eset/endpoint antivirus · eset/endpoint security
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.