CVE-2016-5648

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

Acer Portal app before 3.9.4.2000 for Android does not properly validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to perform a Man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted SSL certificate.

Affected products

Acer Portal: through 3.9.3.2006

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137775/Acer-Portal-Android-Application-3.9.3.2006-Man-In-The-Middle.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538851/100/0/threaded
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/690343
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137775/Acer-Portal-Android-Application-3.9.3.2006-Man-In-The-Middle.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538851/100/0/threaded
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/690343

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