DMM.com Securities FX Apps for Android fail to verify SSL server certificates

Overview Multiple Android Applications provided by DMM.com Securities Co.,Ltd. fail to verify SSL server certificates. Gaku Taniguchi of RiskFinder,inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership. Impact A...

JVN#18889193: Apache Cordova vulnerable to improper application of whitelist restrictions

Apache Cordova provided by the Apache Software Foundation is a framework for creating mobile applications for various platforms. Android applications built using Apache Cordova contain a vulnerability where whitelist restrictions are not properly applied. Impact Accessing a specially crafted URL...

Good Technology Authentication Insecure Coupling

---------------------------------------------------------------- v1 - modzero Security Advisory: Insecure application-coupling in Good Authentication Delegation MZ-15-03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

AppsGeyser generates Android applications that fail to properly validate SSL certificates

Overview AppsGeyser generates applications that fail to properly validate SSL certificates. Description AppsGeyser is an online tool that generates Android applications. At the time of publication of this vulnerability note, the AppsGeyser website claims to have generated over 1.3 million Android...

sp mode mail issue when accessing attachments in incoming mail

Overview sp mode mail provided by NTT DOCOMO contains a function that allows other Android applications to access attachments for incoming emails. This function contains an issue in the restriction of access permissions. Satoru Takekoshi reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated...

JVN#81739241: sp mode mail issue when accessing attachments in incoming mail

sp mode mail provided by NTT DOCOMO contains a function that allows other Android applications to access attachments for incoming emails. This function contains an issue in the restriction of access permissions. Impact If a malicious Android application is installed on the device, attachments for...

Android Browser and WebView addJavascriptInterface Code Execution

This Metasploit module exploits a privilege escalation issue in Android versions prior 4.2's WebView component that arises when untrusted Javascript code is executed by a WebView that has one or more Interfaces added to it. The untrusted Javascript code can call into the Java Reflection APIs...

[APKinspector] Powerful GUI tool to analyze the Android applications

The goal of this project is to aide analysts and reverse engineers to visualize compiled Android packages and their corresponding DEX code. APKInspector provides both analysis functions and graphic features for the users to gain deep insight into the malicious apps: CFG Call Graph Static...

JVN#86040029: Weathernews Touch for Android stores location information in the system log file

Weathernews Touch provided by Weathernews Inc. is a weather forecast application. Weathernews Touch for Android contains a vulnerability that stores location information in the system log file. Impact Android applications with permissions to read system log files may obtain location information...

JVN#31860555: twicca fails to restrict access permissions

twicca is a client software for using Twitter. twicca contains an issue where access permissions are not restricted. Impact Android applications without permissions for network access may upload image files with the privileges of twicca. Solution Update the Software Apply the latest update for ea...

China is the birth place for most of malicious Android apps

China is the birth place for most of malicious Android apps Mobile malware is rising, and there have been explosions in the world of viruses and Trojans. Virus makers are now targeting mobile platforms- thanks to their growing popularity. If we take the statistics from last 6 months, the chances ...

Android Browser Cross-Application Scripting (CVE-2011-2357)

============================================================= Android Browser Cross-Application Scripting CVE-2011-2357 ============================================================= 1 Background -------------- Android applications are executed in a sandbox environment, to ensure that no applicati...

SEO Poisoned Sites Still Slipping By Google

Attacks that use search engine optimization to push malicious pages into the top rankings on search engine results are on the rise in 2011, but new research from zScaler suggests that efforts to identify and block the pages are paying meager dividends. A blog post by Web security firm zScaler not...