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.
                
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    | Source | ID | Title | 
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  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2017-7413 | 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. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:39.239Z
Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2017-15997
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-10-29T17:29:00.250
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-15997
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