CVE-2018-15542

MEDIUM

Telegram 4.8.11 - Authentication Bypass via Runtime Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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