CVE-2014-7328
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 brain abundance info (aka com.wbrainabundance) 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 brain abundance info Android application version 0.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates during SSL/TLS connections, allowing attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks and intercept sensitive data 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= 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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Verify installed application versionOpen Android Settings > Apps > Brain Abundance Info and check the version number under App Info, or run 'adb shell pm list packages' and 'adb shell dumpsys package [packagename]' to retrieve versionInfoAffected if The installed version is exactly 0.1 (Brainabundance Brain Abundance Info)
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Inspect network traffic configurationDecompile the APK using apktool or similar, then examine the AndroidManifest.xml for network permissions and any custom network security configuration filesAffected if The app has INTERNET permission but lacks proper SSL/TLS validation in its code or configuration
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Check for improper TrustManager implementationDecompile the APK and review the smali/Java source code for TrustManager or HostnameVerifier implementations. Look for code that accepts all certificates (e.g., TrustManager that blindly accepts any certificate, or custom HostnameVerifier that always returns true)Affected if The code contains a custom TrustManager that does not validate the certificate chain, or disables certificate validation entirely
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Analyze SSL/TLS connection handlingUse a network proxy (like Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) to intercept SSL/TLS traffic from the app. Attempt to present an untrusted or self-signed certificate and observe if the app accepts the connectionAffected if The app accepts connections with untrusted/fraudulent certificates without warning or failure, indicating no proper certificate validation
You are affected if the Brain Abundance Info app version 0.1 is installed and the app accepts untrusted SSL/TLS certificates or lacks proper certificate chain 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 in the Android application, preferably through certificate pinning or a properly configured TrustManager that validates the entire certificate chain.
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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
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