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TITLE:
UberSocial for Twitter for Android Security Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47845

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-02-13

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DESCRIPTION:
AppSec has reported a security issue in UberSocial for Twitter for
Android, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to disclose and manipulate certain sensitive information
like e.g. twitter contents and message details.

Successful exploitation requires that a malicious application is
installed.

The security issue is reported in version 7.1.5 and 7.2.2.

SOLUTION:
Reportedly fixed in version 7.2.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Daoyuan Wu, Xiapu Luo, and Rocky K. C. Chang, Department of
Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~appsec/bugs/CVE-2011-4700-vulnerability-in-UberSocial.html

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