Panda SM Manager iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability

[David Coomber <davidcoomber.infosec () gmail com>]

Panda SM Manager iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability
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http://www.info-sec.ca/advisories/Panda-Security-SM-Manager.html

Overview

"Panda Systems Management is the new way to manage and monitor IT systems."

"Inventory, monitoring, management, remote control and reporting...
All from a single Web-based console"

(https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/panda-sm-manager/id672205099)

Issue

The Panda SM Manager iOS application (version 2.0.10 and below) does
not validate the SSL certificate it receives when connecting to a
secure site.

Impact

An attacker who can perform a man in the middle attack may present a
bogus SSL certificate which the application will accept silently.
Usernames, passwords and sensitive information could be captured by an
attacker without the user's knowledge.

Timeline

July 19, 2015 - Notified Panda Security via
security () pandasecurity com, e-mail bounced
July 20, 2015 - Resent vulnerability report to
corporatesupport () us pandasecurity com & security () us pandasecurity com
July 20, 2015 - Panda Security responded stating they will investigate
July 31, 2015 - Asked for an update on their investigation
August 3, 2015 - Panda Security responded stating that the issue has
been escalated and is still being reviewed
August 14, 2015 - Asked for an update on their investigation
October 16, 2015 - Asked for an update on their investigation
March 1, 2016 - Panda Security released version 2.6.0 which resolves
this vulnerability

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.0 or later