CVE-2014-6918
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 Bikers Underground (aka hr.ap.n66871172) application 4.5.10 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 Bikers Underground Android application version 4.5.10 does not perform X.509 certificate validation when establishing SSL/TLS connections, enabling man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept communications by presenting a malicious certificate and impersonate 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= 4.5.10CVSS 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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Verify if Bikers Underground app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > All Apps, or use ADB command: 'adb shell pm list packages | grep bikersunderground'Affected if The package named 'com.bikersunderground' or similar is present on the device
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Determine installed app versionIn Settings > Apps > Bikers Underground > App info, check the version name and version code. Alternatively, use ADB: 'adb shell dumpsys package com.bikersunderground | grep versionName'Affected if Version name is exactly 4.5.10 or version code matches 4.5.10
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Confirm app uses network connectivityCheck if the app has internet permission by inspecting AndroidManifest.xml within the APK, or observe network activity while the app is runningAffected if The app makes network requests (required for the vulnerability to be exploitable)
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Inspect SSL certificate validation implementationReverse engineer the APK using tools like apktool and jadx, then examine the source code for HttpURLConnection, HttpsURLConnection, or Apache HttpClient usage to check if TrustManager or hostname verification is properly implementedAffected if Code shows SSL/TLS connections are made WITHOUT validating the certificate chain or hostname (TrustManager accepts all certificates or hostname verification is disabled)
User is affected if Bikers Underground version 4.5.10 is installed and the app makes SSL/TLS connections without proper certificate validation in its code.
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 by configuring a TrustManager that validates the full certificate chain, or implement certificate pinning for known server certificates.
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- Implementation6.0 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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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