CVE-2014-7495
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 LogosQuest - Beginnings (aka com.wLogosQuest) application 1.0 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 LogosQuest - Beginnings Android application version 1.0 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof legitimate servers and intercept sensitive data transmitted between the app and backend services.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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
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- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
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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 the installed LogosQuest - Beginnings application versionOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > LogosQuest - Beginnings and check the version number under App info, or use a package manager to query: `adb shell dumpsys package com.logosquest.beginnings | grep versionName`Affected if The installed version is 1.0 exactly, matching the affected version range
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Inspect the app's SSL certificate validation implementationDecompile the APK using apktool or similar tools, then locate the source code files handling network connections (typically in /smali/ or /java/ directories). Search for classes implementing TrustManager, HostnameVerifier, or SSLSocketFactoryAffected if The code contains custom TrustManager or HostnameVerifier implementations that bypass certificate validation (e.g., empty implementations, always-return-true checks)
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Check for proper X.509 certificate validation in network codeIn the decompiled source, examine any custom X509TrustManager or X509HostnameVerifier implementations. Look for methods like checkServerTrusted or verify that contain no actual validation logic or always return trueAffected if The trust manager accepts all certificates without validation, or the hostname verifier does not verify the certificate chain
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Examine the app's network security configurationCheck for the presence and contents of res/xml/network_security_config.xml in the decompiled APK, or look for hardcoded trust managers in the network initialization codeAffected if No certificate pinning is implemented and the app uses a permissive trust manager configuration
If the LogosQuest - Beginnings app version is 1.0 and the network code contains custom TrustManager or HostnameVerifier implementations that do not properly validate X.509 certificates, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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 certificate pinning or standard X.509 trust manager validation in the Android application to ensure legitimate server certificates are verified before establishing secure connections.
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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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