Publication Date – February 15, 2017
Factoring RSA Export Keys (FREAK), is a security vulnerability that exploits weaknesses in export-grade ciphers [CVE-2015-0204]. Servers that accept the RSA_EXPORT cipher suite are vulnerable.
This allows an attacker to intercept HTTPS connections between vulnerable clients and servers and force them to use weakened encryption, which the attacker can break to steal or manipulate sensitive data[1].