Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-15542

Title: Telegram Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-15542.

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Oct 09, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.4 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-15542: 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

Impacted Vendors

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telegram 1

Reference Links

https://gist.github.com/tanprathan/18d0f692a2485acfb5693e2f6dabeb5d https://gist.github.com/tanprathan/18d0f692a2485acfb5693e2f6dabeb5d
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-15542 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector PHYSICAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.