CVE-2014-7488
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 Vineyard All In (aka com.wVineyardAllIn) 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 Vineyard All In Android application version 0.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates when establishing SSL/TLS connections. This allows an attacker positioned on the same network to intercept and modify traffic between the app and backend servers by presenting a malicious certificate, enabling credential theft, session hijacking, or data exfiltration.
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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= 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
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- 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 Vineyard All In app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > Apps, and look for an app named 'Vineyard All In' or 'Highlighterstudio Vineyard All In' in the installed applications list. Alternatively, use ADB command: 'adb shell pm list packages | grep -i vineyard'Affected if The application is not found in the installed apps list, then the vulnerability does not apply to this environment.
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Verify the installed version is 0.1Tap on the Vineyard All In app in Settings > Apps > Apps, and check the 'Version' or 'Version info' field displayed under the app name. The affected version is specifically 0.1.Affected if The installed version is exactly 0.1, then the environment is affected by this CVE.
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Confirm vulnerability applicabilityThis CVE affects only version 0.1 of Vineyard All In by Highlighterstudio. No other versions are listed as affected in the CVE. If a different version is installed (such as newer releases), the environment is not affected by this specific CVE.Affected if The version is anything other than 0.1, the environment is not affected by this CVE.
A defender is affected if the Highlighterstudio Vineyard All In Android application version 0.1 is installed on their Android device, as this version does not validate SSL/TLS 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 dataImplement proper SSL certificate validation using Android's certificate pinning or a correctly configured TrustManager that verifies the entire certificate chain against trusted root CAs.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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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