CVE-2024-23453
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CVE-2024-23453 affects Android Spoon application versions 7.11.1 to 8.6.0, which contains a security vulnerability related to hard-coded credentials. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Yoshihito Sakai of BroadBand Security, Inc. to IPA, and was publicly disclosed on January 23, 2024. The issue affects the Spoon mobile application, a popular audio streaming and podcast platform with over 30 million users worldwide (NVD, JVN Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium) using the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The technical issue stems from the application using hard-coded API keys that can be exposed through reverse engineering of the application binary (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows a local attacker to retrieve the hard-coded API key by reverse-engineering the application binary. The exposed API key could potentially be used for unauthorized access to associated services. It's important to note that while this poses a security risk to the service infrastructure, direct application users are not immediately affected by this vulnerability (JVN Advisory).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access to the application binary for exploitation. An attacker would need to reverse engineer the application to extract the hard-coded API key. The attack complexity is considered Low, requiring privileged local access but no user interaction (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Android Spoon application version 8.6.1 and later. Users are advised to update their application to the latest version available through the official Google Play Store to mitigate this security risk (JVN Advisory).

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