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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2007-5778

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

Mobile Spy (1) stores login credentials in cleartext under the RetinaxStudios registry key, and (2) sends login credentials and log data over a cleartext HTTP connection, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the registry or sniffing the network.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published