CVE-2014-5937
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 Social Networking (aka com.wSocialNetworkingSites) application 0.33.13320.99980 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 Android Social Networking app version 0.33.13320.99980 fails to validate X.509 SSL/TLS certificates from servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted traffic by presenting fraudulent certificates and spoof legitimate servers.
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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= 0.33.13320.99980CVSS 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 Freediyhomeimprovement Social Networking app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > Freediyhomeimprovement Social Networking, or use ADB command: adb shell pm list packages | grep -i freediyhomeimprovementAffected if The app is installed on the device
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Check the installed version numberIn Settings > Apps > Freediyhomeimprovement Social Networking > Version, or use ADB: adb shell dumpsys package com.freediyhomeimprovement.socialnetworking | grep versionNameAffected if The version displayed is 0.33.13320.99980 exactly
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Extract and inspect the app APK for SSL validation codePull the APK using: adb shell pm path com.freediyhomeimprovement.socialnetworking, then adb pull <path>, then decompile and search for SSL validation methods (checkHostname, verify, setHostnameVerifier, or custom TrustManager implementations)Affected if The code shows SSL certificate validation is disabled, missing, or uses an insecure implementation like ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER or a custom TrustManager that does not validate the certificate chain
If the Freediyhomeimprovement Social Networking app version 0.33.13320.99980 is installed and the SSL/TLS validation code is missing or uses an insecure TrustManager/HostnameVerifier, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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 X.509 certificate chain validation with hostname verification, and consider adding SSL certificate pinning to ensure the app only trusts expected server certificates.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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.
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- 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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