CVE-2014-5885 describes a critical vulnerability in the Disaster Alert (disasterAlert.PDC) Android application version 3.2, where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This oversight enables man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof legitimate servers, potentially leading to the interception and compromise of sensitive user information. With a CVSS score of 5.4, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity, but could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdc:disaster_alert:3.2:*:*:*:*: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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