DFNDR Security Antivirus/Anti-Hacking / Cleaner 5.0.9 on Android hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in DFNDR Security Antivirus, Anti-Hacking and Cleaner 5.0.9 on Android. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-13108. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in DFNDR Security Antivirus, Anti-Hacking and Cleaner 5.0.9 on Android (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

DFNDR Security Antivirus, Anti-hacking & Cleaner, 5.0.9, 2017-11-01, Android application uses a hard-coded key for encryption. Data stored using this key can be decrypted by anyone able to access this key.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was published 08/15/2018 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-13108 since 08/22/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-122927, VDB-122928, VDB-122929 and VDB-122930. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• DFNDR Security

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• Anti-Hacking
• Antivirus
• Cleaner

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• 5.0.9

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