CVE-2014-1771 describes a "triple handshake attack" vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11, specifically within its SChannel component. This flaw allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to compromise TLS session data or obtain sensitive information by exploiting the browser's failure to verify a server's X.509 certificate consistency during renegotiation. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV listed as No), there is a related exploit (EDB-34010) for a different vulnerability in IE9/10, and the CVE has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.