CVE-2014-7707
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 Outdoor Design And Living (aka com.pocketmagsau.outdoordesignandliving) application @7F080181 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 Android application 'Outdoor Design And Living' (com.pocketmagsau.outdoordesignandliving) fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting fraudulent certificates. This enables spoofing of legitimate servers and extraction of sensitive data transmitted by the app.
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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= \@7f080181CVSS 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
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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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Identify if the app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > Downloaded or Settings > Apps and check for 'Outdoor Design And Living' or 'Pocketmags Outdoor Design And Living'. Alternatively, use ADB: adb shell pm list packages | grep outdoordesignandlivingAffected if The package com.pocketmagsau.outdoordesignandliving is present on the device
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Determine the installed versionIn Settings > Apps > Outdoor Design And Living, note the version name and version code displayed. Alternatively, use ADB: adb shell dumpsys package com.pocketmagsau.outdoordesignandlivingAffected if The version matches 7f080181 or the specific build associated with that version identifier
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Verify the vulnerability appliesThis is an SSL certificate validation vulnerability in the app code itself. The app does not perform proper X.509 certificate chain verification or hostname validation when making HTTPS connections. This can only be confirmed through code analysis or dynamic traffic interception testing.Affected if The app makes network requests to SSL/TLS endpoints without validating certificates properly
A user is affected if the Outdoor Design And Living app (package com.pocketmagsau.outdoordesignandliving) is installed at the vulnerable version and transmits sensitive data over HTTPS connections that can be intercepted via MITM.
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 chain verification, hostname validation, and optionally certificate pinning to prevent MITM attacks.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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