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Unscored CVE-2017-15997 EUVD-2017-7413GHSA-9q6r-crw3-948m

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in sha…

Published Oct 29, 2017 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences. Because there is a static RC4 key, an attacker can gain access to user credentials more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file.

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