CVE-2014-7454 in Detox Juicing Diet Recipes
Summary
by MITRE
The Detox Juicing Diet Recipes (aka com.wDetoxJuicingDietRecipes) application 1.1 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.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 10/07/2024
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2014-7454 affects the Detox Juicing Diet Recipes Android application version 1.1, representing a critical security flaw in the application's cryptographic implementation. This issue stems from the application's failure to properly validate X.509 certificates during SSL/TLS connections, creating a significant exposure that undermines the fundamental security assurances provided by secure communication protocols. The application's insecure handling of certificate verification creates an attack surface that malicious actors can exploit to compromise user data and system integrity.
The technical flaw manifests in the application's complete absence of certificate pinning or validation mechanisms when establishing secure connections to remote servers. This behavior directly violates established security practices for mobile application development and represents a clear violation of the principle of certificate validation as outlined in industry standards. The vulnerability operates at the transport layer security level, where the application should be performing certificate chain validation, hostname verification, and signature validation against trusted certificate authorities. Without these protections, the application accepts any certificate presented by a server, regardless of its authenticity or trustworthiness.
From an operational perspective, this vulnerability creates severe implications for user security and privacy. Attackers can leverage this weakness to perform man-in-the-middle attacks by presenting forged certificates that appear legitimate to the vulnerable application. This allows them to intercept, modify, or steal sensitive user information transmitted through the application, including personal data, login credentials, or any other information exchanged with the server. The impact extends beyond simple data theft to potentially enable broader exploitation scenarios including session hijacking, data manipulation, and credential harvesting. The vulnerability affects all users of the specific application version and persists until the underlying code is corrected, creating ongoing risk for any data transmitted through the insecure connection.
The security implications of this vulnerability align with several ATT&CK framework techniques including T1046 for network service scanning and T1566 for credential harvesting through social engineering or network attacks. This weakness directly maps to CWE-295, which describes "Improper Certificate Validation," and represents a classic example of how mobile applications fail to implement proper cryptographic security measures. The vulnerability demonstrates a fundamental lack of security awareness in the application development lifecycle, particularly in the areas of secure coding practices and mobile security implementation. Organizations should implement comprehensive security testing including certificate validation checks and ensure all applications performing network communications follow established security guidelines and best practices.
Mitigation strategies for this vulnerability require immediate code-level fixes including implementation of proper certificate validation, certificate pinning mechanisms, and hostname verification. Developers should integrate established security libraries and frameworks that handle certificate validation correctly, while avoiding custom implementations that may introduce additional flaws. Network administrators should consider implementing additional monitoring and detection measures to identify potential exploitation attempts, while users should avoid using the vulnerable application until patches are deployed. The fix should involve establishing a trusted certificate authority chain, implementing certificate pinning for critical endpoints, and ensuring proper error handling for certificate validation failures to prevent the application from proceeding with insecure connections.