Published:2012/07/03  Last Updated:2012/07/03

JVN#05102851
Yome Collection for Android issue in management of IMEI

Overview

Yome Collection for Android contains an issue which stores the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) on a SD card.

Products Affected

  • Yome Collection for Android version 1.8.3 and earlier

Description

Yome Collection for Android contains an issue which stores the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) on a SD card.
Applications without the READ_PHONE_STATE permission may obtain the IMEI from the SD card.

Impact

If a user of the affected product uses a malicious Android application, the IMEI may be disclosed.

Solution

Update the software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
The IMEI on the SD card will be deleted when launching Yome Collection after the update.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. vulnerable 2012/07/03

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2012.07.03

Measures Conditions Severity
Access Required can be attacked over the Internet using packets
  • High
Authentication anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)
  • High
User Interaction Required the user must be convinced to take a difficult or suspicious action. If the honest user must have elevated privileges, they are likely to be more suspicious
  • Low
Exploit Complexity some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)
  • Mid-High

Description of each analysis measures

Comment

This analysis assumes that the user is tricked into installing a malicious application.

Credit

Kazuhiko Kusano of Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2012-2640
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2012-000064