01 Record
CVE-2011-4197
etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-01-03 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-10-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 386ad8b37cd80c42bc520a23a3118689243c8c610a91473ff71700e08be31777
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com51169http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51169
- github.comhttps://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a04a27894
- github.comhttps://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efcd18898e
- archives.neohapsis.com20111222 [MATTA-2011-001] pfSense x509 Insecure Certificate Creationhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0152.html
- www.trustmatta.comhttps://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compfsense-x509-security-bypass(71969)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71969
- www.osvdb.org77982http://www.osvdb.org/77982
- secunia.com46780http://secunia.com/advisories/46780