ITM MacOS Agent Improper Certificate Validation

ITM MacOS Agent Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-2023-4801)

Advisory ID: PFPT-SA-2023-0006

An improper certification validation vulnerability in the Insider Threat Management (ITM) Agent for MacOS could be used by an anonymous actor on an adjacent network to establish a man-in-the-middle position between the agent and the ITM server after the agent has registered. All versions prior to 7.14.3.69 are affected. Agents for Windows, Linux, and Cloud are unaffected.

Vulnerability Information

This vulnerability is identified by CVE-2023-4801.

This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.5 (High):

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Fixed Software

Proofpoint has released fixed software versions 7.14.3.69 and 7.15.0.

Proofpoint customers can view further details in the Proofpoint Community (login required).

URL

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2023-006

Revision History

Version Description Section Date
1.0 Initial release   Sept 13, 2023

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