CVE-2014-5833 describes a critical vulnerability in the FriendCaster Chat application for Android (version 2), where the app fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This oversight enables man-in-the-middle (MitM) attackers to impersonate legitimate servers using crafted certificates, thereby compromising sensitive user information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity, and requires adjacent network access and medium attack complexity for exploitation, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onelouder:friendcaster_chat:2.0:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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