Vulnerability in Shibboleth Identity Provider
CVE-2015-1796
The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html (vendor-advisory)
- shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75370 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1796?
- CVE-2015-1796 is a vulnerability in Shibboleth Identity Provider, classified under CWE-254. Published 2015-07-08.
- Is CVE-2015-1796 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.