CVE-2020-4099 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The application was signed using a key length less than or equal to 1024 bits, making it potentially vulnerable to forged digital signatures. An attacker could forge the same digital signature of the app after maliciously modifying the app.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hcltech	Verse

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:verse:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25346	The application was signed using a key length less than or equal to 1024 bits, making it potentially vulnerable to forged digital signatures. An attacker could forge the same digital signature of the app after maliciously modifying the app.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0100861

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-11-01T17:55:10.519Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T16:02:40.193Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4099

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.909Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T18:15:10.793

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:17.110

Link: CVE-2020-4099

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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