CVE-2020-12484 — When using special mode to connect to enterprise wifi, certain options are not p

When using special mode to connect to enterprise wifi, certain options are not properly configured and attackers can pretend to be enterprise wifi through a carefully constructed wifi with the same name, which can lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

01What is this vulnerability?

When using special mode to connect to enterprise wifi, certain options are not properly configured and attackers can pretend to be enterprise wifi through a carefully constructed wifi with the same name, which can lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
vivo	Wifi	Versions earlier than 8.12.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-12-17T02:36:45.758Z
• Last modified: 2024-12-17T14:54:21.557Z

09References

• www.vivo.com — https://www.vivo.com/en/support/security-advisory-detail?id=3