CVE-2014-6683
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 Open Electrical Webser (aka com.wOpenElectricalWeb) application 0.1 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 Open Electrical Webser Android application version 0.1 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 data transmitted between the app and legitimate servers.
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= 0.1CVSS 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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Identify installed app versionCheck the installed version of the Open Electrical Webser Android application on the device or in your mobile device management (MDM) system. On Android, this can be done via Settings > Apps > Open Electrical Webser, or by inspecting the APK file metadata.Affected if The installed version is exactly 0.1, as this is the only affected version listed.
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Determine if the app uses network communicationsReview the application permissions and network behavior. On Android, check if the app has INTERNET permission declared in the AndroidManifest.xml file, or observe network traffic generated by the app.Affected if The app has INTERNET permission and makes outbound network requests to remote servers.
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Inspect SSL/TLS implementation in app codeDecompile the APK (using tools like apktool or jadx) and examine the source code for SSL/TLS certificate validation. Specifically search for usages of TrustManager,HostnameVerifier, or SSLSocketFactory, and check if custom implementations properly validate X.509 certificates.Affected if The code lacks proper certificate validation - TrustManager is not implemented, accepts all certificates, or validation is disabled (e.g., TrustManager that performs no validation).
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Test certificate validation behaviorPerform a man-in-the-middle test using a tool like Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, or mitmproxy with a self-signed certificate. Attempt to intercept traffic between the app and its backend server.Affected if The app accepts the fraudulent/mitmproxy certificate and establishes an SSL connection without warning or error, indicating certificates are not being properly validated.
If the Open Electrical Webser app version 0.1 is installed and it transmits data over the network without proper SSL certificate validation, 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 SSL/TLS certificate validation using a correctly configured TrustManager, ideally with certificate pinning for the expected server certificates, and rebuild/deploy the fixed application version.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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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