In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 2, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 29, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2023
In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, RC4 encryption is used to secure the user password locally stored in shared preferences. Because there is a static RC4 key, an attacker can gain access to user credentials more easily by leveraging access to the preferences XML file.
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