Industrial and Commercial Bank of China SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	70679
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-7589
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 08 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:26AM
Credit:	Will Dormann of the CERT/CC
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for Android is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because the application fails to properly validate SSL certificates.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks or impersonate trusted servers, which will aid in further attacks.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 2.40 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

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