CVE-2018-15542
MEDIUMTelegram 4.8.11 - Authentication Bypass via Runtime Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gist.github.com/tanprathan/18d0f692a2485acfb5693e2f6dabeb5d
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
telegram/telegram
4.8.11
Published
Oct 09, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026