CVE-2016-5648 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Acer Portal app before 3.9.4.2000 for Android does not properly validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to perform a Man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted SSL certificate.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01335.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Acer	Acer Portal

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acer:acer_portal:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6592	Acer Portal app before 3.9.4.2000 for Android does not properly validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to perform a Man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted SSL certificate.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137775/Acer-Portal-Android-Application-3.9.3.2006-Man-In-The-Middle.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538851/100/0/threaded
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/690343

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-06-08T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:07:59.804Z

Reserved: 2016-06-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5648

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-08T20:29:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-5648

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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