CVE-2020-9488 vulnerability in Apache and Other Products
Published on April 27, 2020
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-9488 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-9488
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Affected Versions
Apache Log4j:- Version log4j-core 2.13.0 is affected.
- Version log4j-core and below 2.12.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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