CVE-2014-7405
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 Belaire Family Orthodontics (aka com.app_bf.layout) application 1.304 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 Belaire Family Orthodontics Android application version 1.304 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, enabling man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting forged certificates and capture sensitive data transmitted between the app and backend servers.
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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= 1.304CVSS 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 the Belaire Family Orthodontics app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > All Apps and search for 'Belaire Family Orthodontics', or use adb command: adb shell pm list packages | grep belaireAffected if The app is present on any Android device in the organization
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Check the installed version numberIn Settings > Apps > All Apps > Belaire Family Orthodontics, note the version shown under 'Version' or 'Version info', or use: adb shell dumpsys package com.appbasedtechnologies.belairefamilyorthodontics | grep versionNameAffected if The version listed is exactly 1.304
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Verify certificate validation is bypassed via dynamic testingSet up a man-in-the-middle proxy (such as Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) with an invalid or self-signed certificate, configure the Android device to trust the proxy's CA, then attempt to use the app and observe if the app connects successfully without certificate warnings or errorsAffected if The app successfully connects to backend servers when presented with an invalid or forged certificate, indicating no proper X.509 validation
A user is affected if the Belaire Family Orthodontics Android app version 1.304 is installed and the app accepts invalid SSL certificates during man-in-the-middle testing.
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 in the Android app, including certificate pinning or full chain verification, and release an updated version of the application to end users.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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