CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-15542

** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in the org.telegram.messenger application 4.8.11 for Android. The Passcode feature allows authentication bypass via runtime manipulation that forces a certain method's return value to true. In other words, an attacker could authenticate with an arbitrary passcode. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not an attack of interest within the context of their threat model, which excludes Android devices on which rooting has occurred.

4.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

6.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://gist.github.com/tanprathan/18d0f692a2485acfb5693e2f6dabeb5d Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram:4.8.11:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-09 05:29

Updated : 2018-11-26 04:10

NVD link : CVE-2018-15542

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15542

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-287