An exploitable vulnerability exists in the HTTP client functionality of the Webroot BrightCloud SDK.

Published 7 y ago 2018-12-18 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.1

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 55%

Public exploits

none known

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the HTTP client functionality of the Webroot BrightCloud SDK. The configuration of the HTTP client does not enforce a secure connection by default, resulting in a failure to validate TLS certificates. An attacker could impersonate a remote BrightCloud server to exploit this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	8.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	8.1	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.0	8.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

n/a Webroot

Classification

Weakness

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0686 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-4015
NVD: CVE-2018-4015

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