Skout BoyAhoy - Gay Chat 4.3.6 X.509 Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Skout BoyAhoy - Gay Chat 4.3.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-5861. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Skout BoyAhoy - Gay Chat 4.3.6 (Chat Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The BoyAhoy - Gay Chat (aka com.boyahoy.android) application 4.3.6 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 09/10/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-5861 since 08/30/2014. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. 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.

See VDB-71433, VDB-71432, VDB-71431 and VDB-71430 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2014 🔍
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03/26/2015 +197 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-5861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71173
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 15:08
Updated: 09/04/2024 03:11
Changes: 03/26/2015 15:08 (43), 03/13/2018 08:21 (6), 09/04/2024 03:11 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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