CVE-2017-15997

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences

published October 29, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences. Because there is a static RC4 key, an attacker can gain access to user credentials more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00133 · 2.6th percentile
Published
2017-10-29T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 OCT 17:00Z
    In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences
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