Vulnerability CVE-2017-15999


Published: 2017-10-29

Description:
In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, no HTTPS is used for transmitting login and synced user data. When logging in, the username is transmitted in cleartext along with an SHA-1 hash of the password. The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required.

Type:

CWE-319

(Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
NQ -> Contacts backup & restore 

 References:
https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.html

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