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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.