CVE-2014-5710
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 Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane (aka com.tabletkings.mycompany.fastlane.cisco) application 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 Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane Android application fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting a crafted certificate and spoof the legitimate server.
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 dataall versionsCVSS 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 Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane is installedCheck the Android device for the application named 'Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane' or 'Flane Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane' in the installed applications listAffected if The application is present on the device - all versions are affected
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Confirm the application has network permissionsInspect the application manifest for android.permission.INTERNET or android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissionsAffected if The application has network permissions, which enables the vulnerable SSL/TLS communication
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Verify the app communicates with remote serversUse network traffic monitoring or examine the application's intended function as a locator service that contacts backend serversAffected if The application makes outbound network connections to retrieve location or class-related data, which would use SSL/TLS without proper certificate validation
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Check for certificate validation in app trafficUse a man-in-the-middle proxy tool to intercept SSL/TLS traffic from the application - if the app accepts the proxy's self-signed certificate without warning, certificate validation is missingAffected if The application accepts crafted or invalid certificates during SSL/TLS handshake, allowing interception of encrypted communications
If the Cisco Class Locator Fast Lane application is installed on an Android device and makes network connections, the device is affected because all versions fail to validate X.509 certificates, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL communications.
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 chain validation in the application, or use certificate pinning for trusted endpoints to ensure the app verifies server certificates before establishing secure connections.
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- Implementation6.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-5710 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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