CVE-2014-5973 describes a critical vulnerability in the Aquarium Advice Android application (version 3.7.6) where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This oversight allows attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, enabling them to spoof legitimate servers and potentially intercept sensitive user information. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited with medium attack complexity over an adjacent network, leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or community discussion has been identified for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:socialknowledge:aquarium_advice:3.7.6:*:*:*:*: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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