CVE-2017-9245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Google News and Weather application before 3.3.1 for Android allows remote attackers to read OAuth tokens by sniffing the network and leveraging the lack of SSL.

Published: 2017-07-19

Score: 7.5 High

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:google:news_and_weather:*:*:*:*:*: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-2017-18182	The Google News and Weather application before 3.3.1 for Android allows remote attackers to read OAuth tokens by sniffing the network and leveraging the lack of SSL.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01316.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/36
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99892
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/07/18/advisory-googles-android-news-and-weather-app-doesnt-always-use-ssl-cve-2017-9245/

History

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Subscriptions

Google News And Weather

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-19T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:02:44.105Z

Reserved: 2017-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9245

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-19T03:29:00.180

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

Link: CVE-2017-9245

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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