CVE-2020-35138 (GCVE-0-2020-35138)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-29 19:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:55 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The MobileIron agents through 2021-03-22 for Android and iOS contain a hardcoded encryption key, used to encrypt the submission of username/password details during the authentication process, as demonstrated by Mobile@Work (aka com.mobileiron). The key is in the com/mobileiron/common/utils/C4928m.java file. NOTE: It has been asserted that there is no causality or connection between credential encryption and the MiTM attack
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.optiv.com/explore-optiv-insights/sour… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/optiv/rustyIron | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.ivanti.com/blog/a-warranted-response-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.optiv.com/insights/source-zero/blog/m… | x_refsource_MISC |
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