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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2015-1598

Low
2.1/10

Summary

The Siemens SPCanywhere application for Android does not properly store application passwords, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by examining the device filesystem.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

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