PT-2014-6738 · Twitter · Twitter No Background

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-09-16 · CVE-2014-5753

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Twitter No Background (aka com.wTwitternobackground) application version 0.85.13509.97828

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate, as the application does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers.

Recommendations For Twitter No Background (aka com.wTwitternobackground) application version 0.85.13509.97828, consider disabling the use of SSL connections until a patch is available that properly verifies X.509 certificates.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5753

Affected Products

Twitter No Background

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5753 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121905 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note