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.
References
JPCERT/CC Addendum
Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC
Analyzed on 2012.07.03
| Measures | Conditions | Severity |
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| Access Required | can be attacked over the Internet using packets |
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| Authentication | anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count) |
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| 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 |
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| Exploit Complexity | some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls) |
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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 |
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| CPNI Advisory |
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| TRnotes |
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| CVE |
CVE-2012-2640 |
| JVN iPedia |
JVNDB-2012-000064 |