Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-6721 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Pharmaguideline 1.2.0
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The Pharmaguideline (aka com.pharmaguideline) application 1.2.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
The Hacker News
| id | THN:43DCA9831A4A4FE8E0332038FC4D5A07 |
| last seen | 2018-01-27 |
| modified | 2014-10-23 |
| published | 2014-10-23 |
| reporter | Swati Khandelwal |
| source | https://thehackernews.com/2014/10/the-bash-vulnerability-how-to-protect_23.html |
| title | The Bash Vulnerability: How to Protect your Environment |