VDB-70895 · CVE-2014-5591 · VU#582497

Frankly Chat 3.0.1 X.509 Certificate cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Frankly Chat 3.0.1 (Chat Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Frankly Chat (aka com.chatfrankly.android) application 3.0.1 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The weakness was published 09/08/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-5591 since 08/30/2014. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

Type

Chat Software

Name

Frankly Chat

Version

3.0.1

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2014 🔍
09/08/2014 +9 days 🔍
09/08/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +199 days 🔍
08/25/2024 +3440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-5591 (🔍)
CERT: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 03:08 PM
Updated: 08/25/2024 09:39 AM
Changes: 03/26/2015 03:08 PM (42), 03/12/2018 08:24 AM (6), 08/25/2024 09:39 AM (17)
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