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2g Live TvApplication · 2g Live Tv Project

CVE-2014-5842

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v2.0 Published 2014-09-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
The 2G Live Tv (aka com.ww2GLiveTv) application 0.9 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 confidence

The 2G Live Tv Android application (version 0.9) fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept communications by presenting crafted certificates and obtain sensitive user data.

MitigationImplement proper SSL certificate validation using certificate pinning or full X.509 chain verification to ensure the app only trusts legitimate server certificates.

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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
2g Live TvApplication
Affected:= 0.9

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed version of 2G Live TV
    On an Android device, go to Settings > Apps > 2G Live Tv (or 2g Live Tv) and check the version number displayed under App Info. Alternatively, use ADB: adb shell pm list packages -3 | grep -i '2g' then adb shell dumpsys package <package_name> | grep versionName
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 0.9 or falls within the affected range (0.9)
  2. Verify if SSL certificate validation is implemented
    Set up a proxy (such as Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) with an invalid or self-signed SSL certificate and attempt to intercept traffic from the 2G Live TV app. If the app connects successfully without certificate warnings or failures, the vulnerability is present.
    Affected if The app successfully establishes SSL connections when presented with invalid, self-signed, or mismatched certificates, indicating no proper X.509 validation
  3. Inspect app network security configuration
    Decompile the APK (using apktool or similar) and examine the AndroidManifest.xml for any networkSecurityConfig attributes. Also check for custom TrustManager implementations in the smali or dex code that may bypass certificate validation.
    Affected if No network security config is defined or custom TrustManager code exists that accepts all certificates (check for implementations that override checkServerTrusted without proper validation)
  4. Analyze SSL/TLS library usage in code
    Decompile the APK and search for javax.net.ssl or Apache HttpClient usage. Look for code that creates custom SSLContext or HostnameVerifier that accepts all hosts (for example, trusting all certificates).
    Affected if Custom SSLContext or HostnameVerifier is configured to trust all certificates (e.g., TrustManager that returns null or accepts all)
  5. Test for sensitive data exposure over insecure connections
    While intercepting traffic with a proxy configured with an invalid certificate, observe whether the app transmits sensitive user data (login credentials, personal information) without certificate validation errors.
    Affected if The app transmits sensitive data over SSL without validating the server certificate, allowing interception

A defender is affected if the 2G Live TV app version 0.9 is installed and the app accepts invalid or untrusted SSL certificates during network connections, bypassing X.509 validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper SSL certificate validation using certificate pinning or full X.509 chain verification to ensure the app only trusts legitimate server certificates.

Fix this in 2g Live Tv Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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