CVE-2001-1568 describes a vulnerability in the CMG WAP gateway where it fails to validate the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) in X.509 certificates from root certificate authorities. This flaw allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks by spoofing SSL certificates. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cmg:wap_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.