VDB-69493 · CVE-2014-2993 · BID 67524

Birebin Birebin.com app Certificates cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Birebin Birebin.com app. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Certificates. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-2993. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Birebin Birebin.com app (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Birebin.com application 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 presented 04/25/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at sceptive.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2993 since 04/24/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 67524†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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04/23/2014 🔍
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03/25/2015 +334 days 🔍
05/12/2026 +4065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sceptive.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-2993 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2993
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69493
SecurityFocus: 67524 - Birebin.com for Android CVE-2014-2993 X.509 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/12/2026 01:43
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (46), 03/02/2018 09:50 (3), 05/12/2026 01:43 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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