Vulnerability Abstract

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
* authors with equal contributions
CVE ID: CVE-2011-4866
Category: Newly Released
Related Vendor: Kaixin001.com Inc.

Application Information

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

Vulnerability Details

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.

Vendor Response

Contact Time: Dec 31, 2011 at 3:13 PM HKT
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.

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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