CVE-2018-15753
The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- mensamax/mensamax
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://advisories.e2security.de/2018/E2SA-2018-01.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://advisories.e2security.de/2018/E2SA-2018-01.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.