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Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVE-2022-38117

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Juiker app hard-coded its AES key in the source code. A physical attacker, after getting the Android root privilege, can use the AES key to decrypt users’ ciphertext and tamper with it.

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published