CVE-2017-16905

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1

Description

The DuoLingo TinyCards application before 1.0 for Android has one use of unencrypted HTTP, which allows remote attackers to spoof content, and consequently achieve remote code execution, via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-16905

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-01-05T08:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-01-24T20:29:55

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:duolingo:tinycards::::::::	1	OR	1.0
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/01/04/rce-in-duolingos-tinycards-app-for-android-cve-2017-16905/	Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/281605	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16905
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16905

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:49:34				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:41:41	2018-01-05T08:29Z	2018-01-05T08:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:41:41		2018-01-24T20:29:55	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:41:41		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated