CVE-2014-6754
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 Vector Outage Manager (aka nz.co.vector.outagemanager) application 1.7 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 Vector Outage Manager Android application version 1.7 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing attackers to intercept traffic via man-in-the-middle attacks and capture sensitive information by presenting fraudulent certificates.
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= 1.7CVSS 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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Confirm the Vector Outage Manager app is installedCheck your Android device's installed applications list for 'Vector Outage Manager' or 'Vector Vector Outage Manager'. This can be done via Settings > Apps or by using ADB with 'adb shell pm list packages' to search for the app.Affected if The app is present on the device and its version is 1.7 exactly.
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Identify the installed version numberOpen the app's info page in Settings > Apps > Vector Outage Manager, or use ADB with 'adb shell dumpsys package [package_name]' to retrieve the versionName attribute. Compare this to the affected version 1.7.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.7.
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Determine if the app transmits data over networkUse a network sniffing tool or Android traffic interception setup to observe whether the app makes outbound connections to remote servers. Check if these connections use HTTP, HTTPS, or other protocols.Affected if The app sends or receives data over any network protocol, especially unencrypted HTTP or HTTPS without proper certificate validation.
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Test SSL/TLS certificate validation behaviorConfigure a proxy with an invalid or self-signed SSL certificate and route the app's traffic through it. Observe whether the app accepts the fraudulent certificate and establishes a connection, or rejects it with a validation error.Affected if The app accepts connections with invalid, expired, or self-signed certificates without warning or failure, indicating certificate validation is not being performed.
You are affected if the Vector Outage Manager app version 1.7 is installed on your Android device and it accepts SSL/TLS connections without properly validating the server's X.509 certificate chain.
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 and/or certificate pinning in the application's network layer to ensure all SSL/TLS connections verify the server's certificate before establishing trusted communication.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 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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