CVE-2010-1802

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 does not properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate associated with a similar domain name, as demonstrated by use of a www.example.con certificate to spoof www.example.com.

Affected products

Apple Libsecurity: all versions
macOS: 10.5.8, 10.6.4
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8, 10.6.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024359
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024359
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312

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