Vulnerability Abstract

Title: Vulnerability in Twidroyd for Android
Time: 02 Dec 2011
Author: Daoyuan Wu*, Xiapu Luo* and Rocky K. C. Chang
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
* authors with equal contributions
CVE ID: CVE-2011-4699
Category: Newly Released
Related Vendor: UberMedia Inc.

Application Information

Archive Time: December 2, 2011 HKT
Package Name: com.twidroydlegacy
Full Name: TWIDROYD Legacy
Affected Version: 4.3.11 (the latest version in 02 Dec 2011)
Package Installs: 100,000 - 500,000
Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twidroydlegacy

Vulnerability Details

Status: Breif impact description now releases to public.
Breif Description: Allow a malicious application to access and modify user’s private twitter information.

Vendor Response

Contact Time: Dec 31, 2011 at 3:13 PM HKT
Confirm Time: Jan 27, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Patched Time: February 2, 2012 HKT
Patched Status: Has patched the vulnerability in version 4.3.12.

Important Notes

Although we only mention one or several affected version in our report, other versions may also be vulnerable, e.g. lower version, pad version or paid version.

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