CVE-2018-15753
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android....
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
- Record
CVE-2018-15753- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
- Record
CVE-2018-15753- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7619 No score
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7619- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5648-r6xq-fcf9
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android....
An issue was discovered in the MensaMax (aka com.breustedt.mensamax) application 4.3 for Android. The use of a Hard-coded DES Cryptographic Key allows an attacker who decodes the application to decrypt transmitted data such as the login username and password.
- Record
GHSA-5648-r6xq-fcf9- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15753 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mensamax, published October 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.