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CVE-2017-15999
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-29T17:29:00.313 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:08:37.397

Summary

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.

Affected products

nq — contacts_backup_\&_restore

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References

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