CVE-2015-7732
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 Avira Mobile Security app before 1.5.11 for iOS sends sensitive login information in cleartext.
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 Avira Mobile Security app for iOS versions prior to 1.5.11 transmits user login credentials in cleartext (unencrypted HTTP) instead of using encrypted HTTPS channels. This allows network attackers to intercept sensitive authentication credentials via man-in-the-middle attacks on the same network.
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= 1.5.7CVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 Avira Mobile Security app is installedOpen the iOS device, check if the Avira Mobile Security app is present in the app list or home screenAffected if The app is installed on the device
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Check installed app versionOpen the App Store, go to Purchased apps, find Avira Mobile Security, and note the version number shownAffected if The installed version is 1.5.7 or any version prior to 1.5.11
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Monitor network traffic during loginUse a network proxy or packet capture tool (such as Wireshark or Burp Suite) on the same network as the iOS device. Start capture, then attempt to log into the Avira Mobile Security app. Inspect captured traffic for HTTP (port 80) requests transmitting login credentialsAffected if Login credentials are transmitted over unencrypted HTTP instead of HTTPS (port 443)
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Verify TLS/SSL is not used for authentication endpointExamine the network capture for the login request URL. Confirm whether the request uses http:// instead of https:// scheme, and check if TLS handshake occurs for authentication trafficAffected if Authentication requests use http:// URLs without TLS encryption
A user is affected if the Avira Mobile Security iOS app version is 1.5.7 or any version prior to 1.5.11, and network traffic analysis reveals login credentials being transmitted over unencrypted HTTP.
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 dataUpdate Avira Mobile Security for iOS to version 1.5.11 or later, which implements proper TLS encryption for login credential transmission.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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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