CVE-2014-5861
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 BoyAhoy - Gay Chat (aka com.boyahoy.android) application 4.3.6 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 BoyAhoy Gay Chat Android application version 4.3.6 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, enabling man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates and harvest sensitive user data.
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= 4.3.6CVSS 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 installed application versionOn Android, go to Settings > Apps > BoyAhoy Gay Chat and note the version number displayed. Alternatively, use ADB command: adb shell dumpsys package com.boyahoy.gaychat | grep versionNameAffected if The displayed version is exactly 4.3.6
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Check for SSL certificate validation in app trafficInstall a root CA certificate on a test device, configure a proxy like Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP, and attempt to intercept traffic from the app. Observe whether the app accepts the proxy's fraudulent certificate without warningAffected if The app successfully loads content through the proxy without any certificate validation error, indicating improper SSL validation is present
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Verify certificate chain validation behaviorUse a network traffic analysis tool to inject a self-signed certificate and observe if the app accepts it. On Android, this can be done by configuring a man-in-the-middle proxy with an untrusted certificateAffected if The app accepts certificates that are not signed by a trusted root CA, confirming the X.509 validation bypass
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Confirm product name and package identifierVerify the exact package name of the installed app matches the affected product. For this CVE, check if the package is com.boyahoy.gaychat or similar BoyAhoy/Gay Chat application identifiersAffected if The installed app package name corresponds to the BoyAhoy Gay Chat application at version 4.3.6
The environment is affected if the BoyAhoy Gay Chat Android application version 4.3.6 is installed and the app accepts untrusted SSL certificates without proper X.509 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 using a custom TrustManager that verifies the certificate chain and hostname, with certificate pinning recommended for added security.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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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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