CVE-2017-3160: Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint (Man-in-the-Middle)

February 1, 2018 (updated April 15, 2020)

After the Android platform is added to Cordova the first time, or after a project is created using the build scripts, the scripts will fetch Gradle on the first build. However, since the default URI is not using https, it is vulnerable to a MiTM and the Gradle executable is not safe.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95838
cordova.apache.org/announcements/2017/01/27/android-612.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3160

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