The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers). An example of a network attack is an attacker causing a denial of service by sending a specially crafted TCP packet across a wide area network (e.g., CVE-2004-0230).
Attack Complexity
Low
AC
The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Privileges Required
None
PR
The attacker is unauthenticated prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction
None
UI
The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker. Examples include: a remote attacker is able to send packets to a target system a locally authenticated attacker executes code to elevate privileges
Scope
Unchanged
S
An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In the case of a vulnerability in a virtualized environment, an exploited vulnerability in one guest instance would not affect neighboring guest instances.
Confidentiality
High
C
There is total information disclosure, resulting in all data on the system being revealed to the attacker, or there is a possibility of the attacker gaining control over confidential data.
Integrity
High
I
There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the attacker being able to modify any file on the target system.
Availability
High
A
There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can deny access to the system or data, potentially causing significant loss to the organization.
Below is a copy: Shazam Android Unencrypted Third Party Analytics
Shazam Android Application - Unencrypted Third Party Analytics
Overview
"Shazam is one of the worldas most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music thatas playing and see what others are discovering. All for free."
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android)
Issue
The Shazam Android application (version 8.3.1-180206 and below) sends potentially sensitive information such as mobile carrier, install date and time, number of app launches, device model, Android version and screen resolution, unencrypted to a third party site (ScorecardResearch).
Impact
An attacker who can monitor network traffic could capture potentially sensitive information about the user's usage of the app and Android device without their knowledge.
Timeline
December 16, 2017 - Notified Shazam via [email protected]
January 9, 2018 - Provided the details to Apple via [email protected]
January 12, 2018 - Apple asked for additional information
January 17, 2018 - Apple provided the details to the Shazam security team
February 7, 2018 - Asked Apple if they were able to confirm the issue
February 12, 2018 - Apple advised that the Shazam security team had taken over the investigation
February 12, 2018 - Thanked Apple for coordinating with the Shazam security team
February 14, 2018 - Shazam provided information about their privacy policy and how they collect analytics
February 14, 2018 - Provided additional information to Shazam about how analytics information is sent unencrypted
March 5, 2018 - Shazam provided an update on their plan to address the issue
March 19, 2018 - Shazam advised that version 8.4.1-180315 is available which sends analytics data to ScorecardResearch over an encrypted connection
April 9, 2018 - Published an advisory to document the issue
Solution
Upgrade to version 8.4.1-180315 or later
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