CVE-2014-8610

Android < 5.0.0 - Unauthenticated SMS Transmission via Broadcast Intent

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-8610. PoCs published by eddieoz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains an educational proof-of-concept for the Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor (CVE-2014-8610), demonstrating how the NSA allegedly backdoored a NIST standard. It includes a Jupyter notebook and scripts to simulate the attack, showing state recovery from observed output.

Description

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SEND_SMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for old messages, via a crafted application that broadcasts an intent with the com.android.mms.transaction.MESSAGE_SENT action, aka Bug 17671795.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by eddieoz · poc
https://github.com/eddieoz/dual-ec-drbg

This repository contains an educational proof-of-concept for the Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor (CVE-2014-8610), demonstrating how the NSA allegedly backdoored a NIST standard. It includes a Jupyter notebook and scripts to simulate the attack, showing state recovery from observed output.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Systems using Dual_EC_DRBG (deprecated since 2014)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Python 3.8+ · pip · ecdsa>=0.18.0 · jupyter>=1.0.0 · ipython>=7.0.0
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (43)
google/android 1.0
google/android 1.1
google/android 1.5
google/android 1.6
google/android 2.0
google/android 2.0.1
google/android 2.1
google/android 2.2 (2 CPE variants)
google/android 2.2.1
google/android 2.2.2
... and 33 more
Published Dec 15, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026