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The File Systems component in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly track the specific X.509 certificate that a user manually accepted for an initial https WebDAV connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack WebDAV communication by presenting an arbitrary certificate for a subsequent connection

Published Oct 14, 2011

Description

The File Systems component in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly track the specific X.509 certificate that a user manually accepted for an initial https WebDAV connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack WebDAV communication by presenting an arbitrary certificate for a subsequent connection.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

References (3)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apple
Published Oct 14, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 19, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a