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Vulnerability CVE-2017-15997
Published: 2017-10-29
| Description: |
In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences. Because there is a static RC4 key, an attacker can gain access to user credentials more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file. |
Type:
CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)
CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
2.1/10 |
2.9/10 |
3.9/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Local |
Low |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
None |
None |
References: |
https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.html
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