CVE-2014-5938
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 AllDealsAsia All Deals ADA app (aka com.ada.deals) application 4.2.1 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 AllDealsAsia Android app (com.ada.deals) version 4.2.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates and capture sensitive user data transmitted by the application.
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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= 4.2.1CVSS 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 the AllDealsAsia app is installedOpen Android Settings > Apps > Look for 'AllDealsAsia' or 'All Deals Ada' in the installed applications list, or use ADB command: pm list packages | grep -i 'ada\|deals'Affected if The package com.ada.deals appears in the installed packages list
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Verify the installed version is 4.2.1In Android Settings > Apps > AllDealsAsia, check the version number under 'App info' or use ADB command: dumpsys package com.ada.deals | grep versionNameAffected if The version displayed is exactly 4.2.1
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Confirm network traffic handlingSince the vulnerability is in SSL certificate validation, inspect the app's network traffic using a proxy tool like Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP to determine if the app accepts invalid SSL certificates; attempt to intercept traffic with a self-signed certificateAffected if The app successfully establishes HTTPS connections when presented with an invalid or self-signed certificate, indicating SSL validation is bypassed
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Check for certificate validation in app codeIf the APK is available, use APKTool to decompile and examine the smali code or original Java sources in the network/SSL handling classes for lack of hostname verification or chain-of-trust validationAffected if The code shows missing or disabled certificate validation (e.g., custom TrustManager that accepts all certificates, hostnameVerifier set to ALLOW_ALL)
A user is affected if the AllDealsAsia Android app version 4.2.1 is installed and the app accepts invalid SSL certificates, allowing man-in-the-middle interception of sensitive data.
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 certificate validation in the Android app, including chain-of-trust verification, hostname validation, and consideration of certificate pinning for high-security endpoints.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 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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