CVE-2014-7616 describes a critical vulnerability in the Physics Forums Android application (version 3.9.22) where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This flaw allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof legitimate servers using a crafted certificate, potentially leading to the interception of sensitive user information. With a CVSS score of 5.4, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring network access and moderate attack complexity, and could result in partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:physicsforums:physics_forums:3.9.22:*:*:*:*: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.