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    CVE-2017-15999

    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.

    Published:Oct 29, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Oct 29, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00153
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nq
    Product
    Contacts Backup \& Restore

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High