CVE-2019-5626 — The Android mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 3

The Android mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 3.0.19 stores the username and password in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out or the session times out from non-usage (30 days of no user activity). This can allow an attacker to compromise the affec

01What is this vulnerability?

The Android mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 3.0.19 stores the username and password in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out or the session times out from non-usage (30 days of no user activity). This can allow an attacker to compromise the affected BlueCats network implementation. The attacker would first need to gain physical control of the Android device or…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
BlueCats	Reveal	before 3.0.19

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-05-22T18:11:32.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:01:51.895Z

09References

• blog.rapid7.com — https://blog.rapid7.com/2019/05/21/investigating-the-plumbing-of-the-iot-ecosyst…
• play.google.com — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluecats.bcreveal