VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15999
The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, no HTTPS is used for transmitting login and synced user data. When logging in, the username is transmitted in cleartext along with an SHA-1 hash of the password. The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- nq/contacts backup \& restore
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.