CVE-2017-15999 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8