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CVE-2017-15999

Published: 2017-10-29T17:29Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, no HTTPS is used for transmitting login and synced user data. When logging in, the username is transmitted in cleartext along with an SHA-1 hash of the password. The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt