Vulnerability Abstract

Title: Vulnerability in 360 MobileSafe (360手机卫士) for Android
Time: 13 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-2011-4769
Category: Newly Released
Related Vendor: Qihoo 360 Technology Co.,Ltd

Application Information

Archive Time: December 13, 2011 01:27:23 PM HKT
Package Name: com.qihoo360.mobilesafe
Full Name: 360 MobileSafe ("360手机卫士" in Chinese name)
Affected Version: 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 (the latest version in 13 Dec 2011)
Package Installs: 500,000 - 1,000,000
Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.qihoo360.mobilesafe

Vulnerability Details

Status: Breif impact description now releases to public.
Breif Description: Allow a malicious application to access and manipulate user’s blacklist, sensitive sms, contacts, call logs and etc.

Vendor Response

Contact Time: Dec 16, 2011 at 3:42 PM HKT
Confirm Time: Dec 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM HKT
Patched Time: December 17, 2011 HKT
Patched Status: Has patched the vulnerability in version 2.3.0.

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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