CVE-2017-15999

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-319

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 29, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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