Unverified SSL Certificates in Yahoo! Japan Box Android App (Version 1.5.1) Allow Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Unverified SSL Certificates in Yahoo! Japan Box Android App (Version 1.5.1) Allow Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

CVE-2014-5881 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The Yahoo! Japan Box (aka jp.co.yahoo.android.ybox) application 1.5.1 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

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