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CVE-2017-15997

N/A
Published: October 29, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorContacts Backup & Restore

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-nq-contacts-backup-restore-11.html

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-327

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