CVE-2014-7446
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 Bilingual Magic Ball (aka com.wBilingualMagicBall) 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 Bilingual Magic Ball Android application (v0.1) fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates and capture sensitive data 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= 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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Identify if Bilingual Magic Ball app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps or Apps & notifications, and search for 'Bilingual Magic Ball' in the installed applications listAffected if The application is not found in the installed apps list, then this CVE does not apply
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Check the installed application versionTap on the Bilingual Magic Ball app in Settings > Apps, then look for 'Version' or 'Version info' under the app information sectionAffected if The version displayed is 0.1, the app is vulnerable to this CVE
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Verify the app makes network connectionsOn Android, check the app permissions in Settings > Apps > Bilingual Magic Ball > Permissions. Look for 'Network' or 'Internet' permission. Alternatively, use a network monitoring tool or proxy to observe if the app makes outbound HTTPS connectionsAffected if The app has network/Internet permission AND makes SSL connections, then the certificate validation flaw can be exploited
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Confirm SSL certificate validation behaviorUsing a man-in-the-middle proxy tool (like OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite) configured on the same network, attempt to intercept SSL traffic from the app. If the app accepts a fraudulent/self-signed certificate presented by the proxy without warning or error, certificate validation is not being performedAffected if The app accepts fraudulent certificates and establishes connections through the proxy without certificate validation errors, the vulnerability is confirmed
A user is affected if the Bilingual Magic Ball Android application version 0.1 is installed and the app makes SSL/TLS network connections, allowing interception of its communications via invalid certificates.
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 dataThe application must be updated to implement proper SSL certificate validation using Android's standard TrustManager or certificate pinning to verify server certificates before establishing secure connections.
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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.
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