CVE-2018-19111 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Google Cardboard application 1.8 for Android and 1.2 for iOS sends potentially private cleartext information to the Unity 3D Stats web site, as demonstrated by device make, model, and OS.

The Google Cardboard application 1.8 for Android and 1.2 for iOS sends potentially private cleartext information to the Unity 3D Stats web site, as demonstrated by device make, model, and OS.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
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hu.disconnect();
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Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

Type

Google Cardboard

First reported 6 years ago

2018-11-08 08:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Google Cardboard 1.2 for iPhone OS

1.2
iphone_os

Google Cardboard 1.8 for Android

1.8
android

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