CVE-2014-7636
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 United Hawk Nation (aka com.united12thman) application 2.1 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 United Hawk Nation Android app version 2.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates, enabling server spoofing and unauthorized access to sensitive data in transit.
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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= 2.1CVSS 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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Check if United Hawk Nation app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > Downloaded or All Apps, and look for an app named 'United Hawk Nation' or 'Unitedhawknation'. Alternatively, use adb with 'adb shell pm list packages' to list all installed packages and search for 'unitedhawknation'.Affected if The app is present on the device.
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Verify the installed version is exactly 2.1In Settings > Apps > United Hawk Nation, view the 'Version' or 'Version info' field. Alternatively, use adb: 'adb shell dumpsys package com.unitedhawknation.app' (adjust package name as needed based on actual installation) to retrieve version information.Affected if The version displayed is 2.1.
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Test SSL certificate validation with invalid certificateConfigure a proxy (such as Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP) with an invalid or self-signed SSL certificate. Launch the United Hawk Nation app and attempt to connect to its server through the proxy. Observe whether the app accepts the invalid certificate and establishes a connection, or rejects it with a certificate validation error.Affected if The app accepts the invalid certificate and completes the SSL handshake without validation errors, indicating the vulnerability is present.
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Test for hostname verification bypassWhile intercepting traffic as described above, verify that the app connects successfully even when the certificate hostname does not match the server hostname. Attempt connections to different domains using the same certificate.Affected if The app accepts certificates from mismatched hostnames, confirming X.509 validation is not properly implemented.
The environment is affected if the United Hawk Nation Android app version 2.1 is installed and it accepts invalid or self-signed SSL certificates without proper X.509 chain and hostname validation.
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 app, including chain-of-trust verification, hostname validation, and rejection of self-signed or untrusted certificates using Android's native certificate store.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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.
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