CVE-2014-5941
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 Armpit Spa & Girl Games (aka com.freegames.spamakeover) application 1.0.2 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 application 'Armpit Spa & Girl Games' version 1.0.2 fails to validate X.509 certificates when establishing SSL/TLS connections. This allows an attacker positioned on the same network to intercept communications by presenting a malicious certificate, enabling spoofing of the legitimate server and theft of sensitive data transmitted by the app.
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= 1.0.2CVSS 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 the installed app versionOn the Android device or emulator, go to Settings > Apps > Armpit Spa & Girl Games and check the version number listed under App Info, or use ADB: adb shell dumpsys package com.armpitspa.girlgames | grep versionNameAffected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.2 (the only affected version)
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Confirm the app has network permissionInspect the AndroidManifest.xml file within the APK (using apktool or similar) and look for the android.permission.INTERNET permission, or check via ADB: adb shell dumpsys package com.armpitspa.girlgames | grep -i permissionAffected if The INTERNET permission is present (required for the SSL flaw to be exploitable)
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Verify SSL certificate validation is missingDecompile the APK and examine the network code (typically in classes.dex) for HttpClient, HttpURLConnection, or network library usage. Search for implementations of HostnameVerifier or TrustManager, or check the network_security_config.xml for certificate pinning configurationAffected if No custom HostnameVerifier or TrustManager is implemented, or no certificate pinning configuration exists, indicating the app accepts any certificate
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Test for certificate validation failureSet up a MITM proxy (such as Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) on the same network, configure the device to trust the proxy's CA certificate, launch the app, and attempt to intercept trafficAffected if The app successfully connects and transmits data through the proxy without certificate warnings or failures, confirming it does not validate server certificates
You are affected if the Armpit Spa & Girl Games app version 1.0.2 is installed and the app makes network requests without proper SSL certificate validation, which can be confirmed by the app accepting certificates from a MITM proxy.
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 using certificate pinning or standard X.509 chain verification in all network requests. Rebuild and release an updated version of the app.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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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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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