# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-393q-7g3p-mp9v

## 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 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1423?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1423 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1423 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ubuntu signon. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1423/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1423
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1423
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1423

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1423/
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