MitM Remote Session Access in Amazon WorkSpaces DCV & AppStream 2.0
CVE-2025-0500 Published on January 15, 2025
Issue affecting Amazon WorkSpaces (when running Amazon DCV protocol), Amazon AppStream 2.0, and Amazon DCV clients
An issue in the native clients for Amazon WorkSpaces (when running Amazon DCV protocol), Amazon AppStream 2.0, and Amazon DCV Clients may allow an attacker to access remote sessions via man-in-the-middle.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-0500 is exploitable with network access, requires 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 be very high.
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-2025-0500
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Affected Versions
Amazon WorkSpaces Client:- Version 5.0.0 and below 5.21.0 is affected.
- Version 2023.0 and below 2024.2 is affected.
- Version 1.1.1025 and below 1.1.1332 is affected.
- Before 2023.1.6703 is affected.
- Version 2020.2.7459 and below 2023.1.9127 is affected.
- Version 5.5.0 and below 5.21.0 is affected.
- Version 2020.2.2078 and below 2023.1.6703 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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