PT-2014-6818 · Handmark · Friendcaster Chat

Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-09-21 · CVE-2014-5833

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 FriendCaster Chat (aka com.handmark.friendcaster.chat) application 2 for Android

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

Recommendations For FriendCaster Chat application 2, consider disabling SSL connections until a patch is available that properly verifies X.509 certificates. Restrict access to sensitive information to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5833

Affected Products

Friendcaster Chat

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5833 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/678769 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note