Life Before Us Yo App 2.5.8 on iOS X.509 Certificate Validation certificate validation
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Life Before Us Yo App 2.5.8 on iOS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component X.509 Certificate Validation. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-8937. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Life Before Us Yo App 2.5.8 on iOS (iOS App Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Validation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Life Before Us Yo app 2.5.8 for iOS 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 bug was discovered 05/05/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/15/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at medium.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-8937 since 05/15/2017. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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NVD Base Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Certificate validationCWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/05/2017 🔍05/15/2017 🔍
05/15/2017 🔍
05/15/2017 🔍
05/16/2017 🔍
09/26/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: medium.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-8937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101247
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-8937 - Life Before Us - Yo. - Medium
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Entry
Created: 05/16/2017 03:58Updated: 09/26/2020 20:36
Changes: 05/16/2017 03:58 (59), 09/26/2020 20:36 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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