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CVE-2017-14487: Ohmibod Remote: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVE-2017-14487 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.1 and affects Ohmibod Remote. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction.
Vulnerability description
The OhMiBod Remote app for Android and iOS allows remote attackers to impersonate users by sniffing network traffic for search responses from the OhMiBod API server and then editing the username, user_id, and token fields in data/data/com.ohmibod.remote2/shared_prefs/OMB.xml.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.0 9.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: None. No effect on availability.
Underlying weakness
CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
Affected products
- Ohmibod Remote: before 2.50.37