CVE-2014-7342
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 Echo News (aka com.solo.report) 1.10 application (beta) 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 Echo News Android application (version 1.10 beta, package com.solo.report) fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted traffic by presenting fraudulent certificates and capture sensitive information 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= betaCVSS 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 if Echo News app is installedOn Android device: Go to Settings > Apps, or use ADB command: 'adb shell pm list packages | grep echo' or 'adb shell dumpsys package com.solo.report'Affected if Package com.solo.report is found on the device
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Check the installed version of Echo NewsOn Android device: Go to Settings > Apps > Echo News > Version info, or use ADB: 'adb shell dumpsys package com.solo.report | grep versionName'Affected if Version shows 1.10 beta or simply 'beta'
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Verify this is the specific vulnerable packageConfirm the package name is com.solo.report (not other similar-named apps)Affected if Package name matches com.solo.report exactly
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Confirm SSL certificate validation is not implementedThis requires static analysis of the app APK. Decompile using apktool or jadx, then search source code for custom TrustManager implementations, disabled SSL validation (like setDefaultHostnameVerifier or trusting all certificates), or verify that the app uses standard certificate validationAffected if Code shows disabled SSL validation or missing certificate chain verification (e.g., TrustManager that accepts all certificates, hostname verifier set to ALLOW_ALL)
If the Echo News app (package com.solo.report) version 1.10 beta is installed and SSL certificate validation has been disabled in the app code, the environment is vulnerable to MITM attacks.
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 chain validation using a custom TrustManager that verifies the certificate chain, hostname, and certificate validity; alternatively, implement certificate pinning for known server certificates.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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