CVE-2014-1423 Online Accounts Signon daemon gives out all oauth tokens to any app
An attacker can create a malicious app to steal OAuth tokens from other applications on Ubuntu Touch, exposing sensitive user credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-1423?
CVE-2014-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu signon, published on 7 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
signond before 8.57+15.04.20141127.1-0ubuntu1, as used in Ubuntu Touch, did not properly restrict applications from querying oath tokens due to incorrect checks and the missing installation of the signon-apparmor-extension. An attacker could use this create a malicious click app that collects oauth tokens for other applications, exposing sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1423?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Signond Project Signond, Ubports Ubuntu Touch.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1423?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1423 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-1423 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1423 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-393q-7g3p-mp9v.