{"id":"CVE-2012-5785","description":"Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.","cvssScore":5.8,"cvssVersion":"2.0","cvssVector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N","cvssMetrics":[{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"resolved":"NO-EXPLOIT-PUBLISHED","published":"2012-11-04","lastModified":"2026-06-16","affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","versionEnd":"\u003c=1.6.2"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.1"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.2"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.3"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.4"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.5"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.5.6"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.6"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","version":"1.6.1"}],"totalAffectedProducts":1,"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79830","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core","source":"osv","tags":["PACKAGE"]},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-6018","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51219","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408","source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"reasoning":{"decidingSource":"below-action-threshold","decidingReason":"This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.","verdicts":[{"rule":"rejected","stage":"identity","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-patch-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-secure-rule-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"manual-classification","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"h2-history","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"non-java-upstream","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"oracle-component","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"osv-maven","stage":"scope","outcome":"matched","status":"QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW","detail":"Maven packages: org.apache.axis2:axis2, org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http"},{"rule":"patch-hint","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"open-source-maven","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"MITIGATION-CANDIDATE","detail":"Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.axis2:axis2, org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written."},{"rule":"poc-derivable","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"no-exploit","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"secure-rule-match","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"below-action-threshold","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"NO-EXPLOIT-PUBLISHED","detail":"MEDIUM severity, no KEV listing, no public PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA exploitation finding, and not in an Oracle advisory — none of the signals we act on is present.","decisive":true},{"rule":"no-exploit-published","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"}],"affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"axis2","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}],"affectedPackages":[{"name":"org.apache.axis2:axis2","introduced":"0","fixed":"1.8.0"},{"name":"org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http","introduced":"0","fixed":"1.8.0"}]},"assessment":{"record":{"state":"active"},"protection":{"level":"none"},"action":{"state":"unverified","type":"patch-rule"},"review":{"state":"automated","basis":"upstream-data"}},"signals":{"hasPOC":false,"pocCount":0},"kev":{"inKEV":false},"epss":{"available":true,"score":0.02225,"percentile":0.81772},"ssvc":{"available":false}}