| Title: |
Vulnerability in Kaixin001 (开心网) for Android |
| Time: |
31 Dec 2011 |
| Author: |
Daoyuan Wu*, Xiapu Luo* and Rocky K. C. Chang |
|
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
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* authors with equal contributions |
| CVE ID: |
CVE-2011-4866 |
| Category: |
Newly Released
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| Related Vendor: |
Kaixin001.com Inc. |
| Archive Time: |
December 31, 2011 at 10:57 AM HKT |
| Package Name: |
com.kaixin001.activity |
| Full Name: |
kaixin (“开心网” in Chinese name) |
| Affected Version: |
1.3.1 and 1.3.3 (the latest version in 31 Dec 2011) |
| Package Installs: |
100,000 - 500,000 |
| Market Link: |
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kaixin001.activity |
| Status: |
Breif impact description now releases to public.
|
| Breif Description: |
Allow a malicious application to access and manipulate user’s private information, for example, password (in plaintext!), contacts, personal information, and etc. |
| Contact Time: |
Dec 31, 2011 at 3:13 PM HKT
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| Confirm Time: |
Dec 31, 2011 at 9:44 PM HKT |
| Patched Time: |
January 4, 2012 HKT |
| Patched Status: |
Has patched the vulnerability in version 1.3.4. |
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.