Secunia Security Advisory - AppSec has reported a security issue in QQPimSecure for Android, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
QQPimSecure for Android Security Bypass Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48432
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-03-21
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DESCRIPTION:
AppSec has reported a security issue in QQPimSecure for Android,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to disclose and manipulate e.g. contact list, SMS, call
log, and MMS.
Successful exploitation requires that a malicious application is
installed.
The security issue is reported in version 3.1.1. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Reportedly fixed in version 3.1.2.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Daoyuan Wu, Xiapu Luo, and Rocky K. C. Chang, Department of
Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~appsec/bugs/CVE-2011-4863-vulnerability-in-QQPimSecure.html
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