Vulnerability in Acer Portal app (CVE-2016-5648)
Summary
Vulnerability in Acer Portal app (CVE-2016-5648). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-5648 has been found in Acer Portal app.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Acer Portal app CVE-2016-5648" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-5648 (Acer Portal app) — CWE-295 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-295) exists in Acer Portal app.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Acer Portal app.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Acer Portal app を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory kb.cert.org
- exploit packetstormsecurity.com
- web securityfocus.com