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CVE-2014-6611


The BlackBerry World app before 5.0.0.262 on BlackBerry 10 OS 10.2.0, before 5.0.0.263 on BlackBerry 10 OS 10.2.1, and before 5.1.0.53 on BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.0 does not properly validate download/update requests, which allows user-assisted man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and trigger the download of a crafted app by modifying the client-server data stream.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-6611 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from blackberry, from blackberry organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2014-10-25T10:55:06.743

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application blackberry blackberry_world ≤ 5.1.0.52 Yes
Operating System blackberry blackberry_os 10.3.0 Yes
Application blackberry blackberry_world ≤ 5.0.0.262 Yes
Operating System blackberry blackberry_os 10.2.1 Yes
Application blackberry blackberry_world ≤ 5.0.0.261 Yes
Operating System blackberry blackberry_os 10.2.0 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For blackberry's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.