CVE-2014-4897
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Touriosity Travelmag (aka com.magzter.touriositytravelmag) application 3.1 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Touriosity Travelmag Android application version 3.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates and thereby obtain sensitive information.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Touriosity Travelmag app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > find Touriosity Travelmag or Magzter Touriosity Travelmag in the application list, or use adb command: pm list packages | grep -i touriosityAffected if The app is not found in the installed applications, then the user is not affected by this specific vulnerability
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Determine the installed version of the appIn Settings > Apps > Touriosity Travelmag, look at the Version field under App info, or use adb command: dumpsys package com.magzter.touriosity | grep versionNameAffected if The version displayed is exactly 3.1, indicating the specific affected version is installed
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Verify the application makes network requests over HTTPSUse a network traffic analysis tool (such as a proxy like Burp Suite or Charles) to intercept traffic from the app, or check if the app has functionality that transmits sensitive user data over network connectionsAffected if The app transmits data over HTTPS connections and the vulnerability (lack of certificate validation) would allow a malicious proxy to intercept this traffic
A user is affected if they have Touriosity Travelmag version 3.1 installed and use the app to access content that transmits sensitive information over HTTPS connections.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper SSL/TLS certificate validation in the Android application, including verification of the certificate chain, hostname validation, and trust anchor verification using Android's built-in secure networking APIs.
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