CVE-2014-6657 describes a critical vulnerability in the Leadership Newspapers Android application (version 1.2) where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This oversight allows man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate legitimate servers using crafted certificates, potentially leading to the interception of sensitive user information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity, resulting in partial impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alhazai:leadership_newspapers:1.2:*:*:*:*: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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.