Insecure Transmission of Login and User Data in NQ Contacts Backup & Restore Android App

CVE-2017-15999 · MEDIUM Severity

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

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, no HTTPS is used for transmitting login and synced user data. When logging in, the username is transmitted in cleartext along with an SHA-1 hash of the password. The attacker can either crack this hash or use it for further attacks where only the hash value is required.

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