CVE-2014-5653
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 Unblock Me FREE (aka com.kiragames.unblockmefree) application 1.4.4.2 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 Unblock Me FREE Android application 1.4.4.2 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks and intercept sensitive data by presenting fraudulent certificates.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 1.4.4.2CVSS 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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Check if Unblock Me Free app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > look for 'Unblock Me Free' in the app list, or use ADB command: pm list packages | grep -i unblockAffected if The app 'Unblock Me Free' is present in the installed applications
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Verify the installed version is 1.4.4.2In Settings > Apps > Unblock Me Free > App info, check the 'Version' or 'Version code' field; alternatively use ADB: dumpsys package com.kiragames.unblockmefree | grep versionNameAffected if Version displayed is exactly 1.4.4.2
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Confirm app has network connectivity capabilityCheck AndroidManifest.xml for INTERNET permission, or view app permissions in Settings > Apps > Unblock Me Free > PermissionsAffected if The app has INTERNET permission enabled, allowing it to make network connections over SSL/TLS
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Assess SSL/TLS traffic from the appUse a network proxy (such as Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) with a self-signed certificate to intercept traffic from the app; if the app connects successfully without certificate warnings, validation is missingAffected if The app successfully establishes SSL/TLS connections through an untrusted/malicious certificate without validation errors
The environment is affected if Unblock Me Free version 1.4.4.2 is installed and the app makes network connections without proper certificate validation.
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 application using standard Android security APIs (e.g., proper TrustManager configuration or certificate pinning) to ensure the app validates server certificates against trusted Certificate Authorities.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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