Insecure service configuration - usesCleartextTraffic
Description
The application has android:usesCleartextTraffic set to true, which allows it to access resources that do not use encryption, a situation that could be exploited by an attacker to perform MitM attacks and compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the application.
Impact
- Obtain sensitive information through MitM attacks.
- Modify intercepted information with the aim of deceiving an application user.
Recommendation
The android:usesCleartextTraffic must be set to false.
Threat
Attacker without credentials from the same network segment as an application user.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 15 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: A
- Attack complexity: H
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: R
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: P
- Remediation level: O
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 3.7
- Temporal: 3.4
- Severity:
- Base: Low
- Temporal: Low
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: A
- Attack complexity: H
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: A
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: P
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 1.1
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Compliant code
The application manifest has usesCleartextTraffic set to false
Non compliant code
The application manifest has usesCleartextTraffic set to true
Requirements
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