CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3840
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
The MessageStatusReceiver service in the AndroidManifest.XML in Android 5.1.1 and earlier allows local users to alter sent/received statuses of SMS and MMS messages without the associated "WRITE_SMS" permission.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 5.1.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/os-x-zero-days-on-the-rise-a-2015-midyear-review-on-advanced-attack-surfaces/ Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/two-new-android-bugs-mess-up-messaging-may-lead-to-multiple-send-charges/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntcve.github.io/2017/02/13/cveupdate/ Broken Link
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/os-x-zero-days-on-the-rise-a-2015-midyear-review-on-advanced-attack-surfaces/ Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/two-new-android-bugs-mess-up-messaging-may-lead-to-multiple-send-charges/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntcve.github.io/2017/02/13/cveupdate/ Broken Link