CVE-2015-2078

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The SDK for Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor, as used in Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion 1.1.885.1766 and Ad-Aware AdBlocker (alpha) 1.3.69.1, Qustodio for Windows, Atom Security, Inc. StaffCop 5.8, and other products, does not properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2077.

Affected products

Komodia Redirector Sdk: all versions

References

http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certificate.html#.VOq6Yfn8Fp4
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/some-notes-on-superfish.html#.VOq6Yvn8Fp4
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529496
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031779
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA15-051A.html
https://blog.filippo.io/komodia-superfish-ssl-validation-is-broken/
https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/windows-ssl-interception-gone-wild/1570074729899339
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certificate.html#.VOq6Yfn8Fp4
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/some-notes-on-superfish.html#.VOq6Yvn8Fp4
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529496
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031779
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA15-051A.html

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