CVE-2016-5648 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-06-08

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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.

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.

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

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Subscriptions

Acer Acer Portal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-06-08T20:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5648

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5648

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-295

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