CVE-2014-5866 describes a critical vulnerability in the CA DMV Android application (gov.ca.dmv) where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof legitimate servers, potentially leading to the interception of sensitive user information. With a CVSS score of 5.4, this vulnerability has a medium severity, requiring adjacent network access and moderate attack complexity, but could result in partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability remains a potential risk for users of the affected application.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dmv.ca.gov:ca_dmv: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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