CVE-2014-8889
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
Dropbox SDK for Android before 1.6.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via crafted malware or via a drive-by download attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dropbox | dropbox_sdk | 1.5.4 | |
| dropbox | dropbox_sdk | 1.6.1 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130767/Dropbox-SDK-For-Android-Remote-Exploitation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/61
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534843/100/1500/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73035
- https://securityintelligence.com/droppedin-remotely-exploitable-vulnerability-in-the-dropbox-sdk-for-android/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130767/Dropbox-SDK-For-Android-Remote-Exploitation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/61
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534843/100/1500/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73035
- https://securityintelligence.com/droppedin-remotely-exploitable-vulnerability-in-the-dropbox-sdk-for-android/
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.