CVE-2017-15999

CRITICAL

NQ Contacts Backup & Restore 1.1 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, no HTTPS is used for transmitting login and synced user data. When logging in, the username is transmitted in cleartext along with an SHA-1 hash of the password. The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0069
EPSS Percentile 47.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-319
Status published
Products (1)
nq/contacts_backup_\&_restore 1.1
Published Oct 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026